Proposal: Participatory Democracy
geplaatst op: 25-10-09 | tags: duncombe, fandom, jenkins, participatory democracy, Transmedia Storytelling
This is a paper proposal, suggestions will be really appreciated!
Introduction
According to Henry Jenkins we’re moving to a participatory culture, and there is an intersection between popular culture and politics (Jenkins 2009a). Despite of the widely spread criticism, both politics and the entertainment industry try to use this participatory culture. We’ve seen the first results in the presidential Obama campaign (and later on in the fight around health care). Jenkins and Duncombe think because of the engaging factor it is even a solution to Putnam’s Bowling Alone. Like Putnam acknowledged in his newer work Better Together, social media seems to engage.
