Institute for Screen Industries Research

A conversation with Henry Jenkins

The author of Textual Poachers and Convergence Culture talks about the practical, ethical, and professional implications of academia-industry collaboration and gives key points of advice for postgraduates looking to engage with industry partners.

 We expand the concept of being a public intellectual to include important conversations with other key institutions, often as a means of helping to shape the changes that are taking place.
 

Professor Henry Jenkins

Henry-Jenkins
Henry Jenkins is Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California.
 
 

 

In what ways do you approach the possibility of pursuing knowledge transfer between the media industries and academia?

 

 

What do you think the media industries can contribute to scholarly media studies today and vice versa?

 

 

Can you talk about the processes involved in the ‘take-up’ of academic concepts as practices within the media industries?

 

 

What has been your experience as an academic influencing media policy ?

 

 

Finally, what do you see as some of the broader emerging developments in media industry studies right now?

 

 

The academic needs to understand what formats for presenting findings are going to be most effective at reaching the industry audience. 
 

 

More open educational resources

Media Industry Studies: Challenges, Pitfalls, Obstacles

Media Industry Studies:
What? Where? and Whither?

The Value of Historicising
Media Industry Practices

Archiving the Media Industries

 

Understanding Media Industries from all perspectives

 

 

Institute for Screen Industries Research

The University of Nottingham
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Nottingham, NG7 2RD


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