The Institute for Multimedia Literacy and the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is pleased to present “Combating the Participation Gap: Why New Media Literacy Matters,” a lecture by Henry Jenkins on Thursday, February 7, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. in Lucas 108.
According to recent studies by the Pew Center on the Internet and American Life, more than half of American teens online have produced media content and about a third have circulated media that they have produced beyond their immediate friends and family. These statistics reflect the growing importance of participatory culture in the everyday lives of American young people. Work across a range of disciplines suggest that these emerging forms of participatory culture are important sites for informal learning and may be the crucible out of which new conceptions of civic engagement are emerging….
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