Henry Jenkins: “Obama is Like a Stub in Wikipedia” and Other Thoughts About Social Media
Posted by Sebastien on the 2008/03/09 at 03:36
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As I mentioned in my last blog post, the conversation between Steven Johnson and Henry Jenkins yesterday afternoon at SXSW08 was brilliant and insightful. Here are some interesting snippets (all paraphrased, hope I captured the intent):
On Harry Potter:
- We hear a lot about the fact that Harry Potter helped children take up reading but it’s more than that. They also took up writing (fan fiction), learned how to use social networks, learned how to be political, via online communities.
On Barack Obama:
- The “Yes We Can” slogan uses the language of social networks and collective intelligence. Young people online use “we”, politicians use “I”, very egocentric. Some political pundits say his platform is we