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Henry Jenkins
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Arts, Music & MediaWho is Henry Jenkins in the Agency editorial?
Henry Jenkins is an American media scholar, born in 1958, and the author of Convergence Culture. Issue.9 names him once, in the section 9.3.5 TV, as the person who first coined the term transmedia storytelling.
In short
Henry Jenkins is an American media scholar and the author of Convergence Culture. In the Agency editorial he is named in one sentence of Issue.9, in the section 9.3.5 TV, which recommends Arcane, the Netflix series adapted from the game League of Legends. The author writes that characters played for thousands of hours by the younger generation now have their stories told in a TV series, and that this represents the concept of transmedia storytelling, a term the edition says was first coined by Henry Jenkins.
Key facts
- Which edition names Henry Jenkins?
- Issue.9, Metareality, in the section 9.3.5 TV. He is named once, in the author's prose, at the end of the recommendation of Arcane.
- What does the edition attribute to him?
- The term transmedia storytelling, which the edition says was first coined by him.
- What example does the edition give of transmedia storytelling?
- Arcane: characters of League of Legends, played by the younger generation for thousands of hours, having their stories told in a TV series.
Who is Henry Jenkins?
Henry Jenkins is an American media scholar and university professor born in 1958. He wrote about transmedia storytelling in the early 2000s and in the book Convergence Culture (2006). These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Henry Jenkins appear in Issue.9?
In the section 9.3.5 TV of Issue.9, the author recommends Arcane, the TV series distributed by Netflix and adapted from League of Legends. He notes that characters the younger generation played through thousands of hours now have their stories told in a TV series and probably soon in the cinema. He calls this the true definition of metaverse/metareality because it represents the concept of transmedia storytelling, a term first coined by Henry Jenkins. Nothing else is said about Jenkins or his work.
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