We begin this conversation space with a special feature article from JML Editorial Board member, Henry Jenkins.

Henry is the Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Art and Education at the University of Southern California and the founder and former director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. He is the author/editor of more than 17 books on various aspects of media and popular culture.

Popular Culture as Politics, Politics as Popular Culture

Based on remarks presented at American University in December 2018 on the occasion of the National Telemedia Council's presentation of the Jesse McCanse Award to Mr. Jenkins.

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Black Panther and the Civic Imagination

Excerpted from Henry Jenkins, Sangita Shresthova, and Gabriel Peters-Lozaro (eds.) Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: A Casebook (New York: New York University Press, Forthcoming)

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