Sophia Media Studies

Henry Jenkins is an expert in fandom and participatory culture. Key to this idea is the concept of the ‘prosumer’ – audiences that create as well as consume media. This culture has revolutionised fan communities with the opportunity to create and share content. It also links to Clay Shirky’s work on ‘mass amateurisation’. Fandom is now big business – with Comic-Con events making millions. More importantly, the internet has demonstrated the size of fan communities so it is no longer a minority of ‘geek’ stereotypes but mainstream popular culture (such as Marvel, Harry Potter or Doctor Who). https://youtu.be/ZCKoLB1kUsY Jenkins defends fan cultures and argues that fans are often stereotyped negatively in the media because they value popular culture (e.g. films or games) over traditional cultural capital (high brow culture or knowledge). The irony is fan culture is often dominated by middle class, educated audiences. Jenkins discusses ‘textual poaching’ – when fans take texts a

What is Dysphoria? Gilroy is particularly interested in the idea of black diasporic identity – the feeling of never quite belonging or being accepted in western societies even to this day. Summarize this article ; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4653360.stm London's Metropolitan Police chief, Sir Ian Blair, has accused the media of "institutional racism" in its reporting of murders. He highlighted the difference in coverage of the recent murders of white lawyer Tom ap Rhys Pryce and Asian builders' merchant Balbir Matharu, and said "almost nobody" could understand why the Soham murders had become such a big story. Two people with differing views, National Black Police Association president, Keith Jarrett, and former News Of The World editor Phil Hall debate the issue. What is the value of this news site? https://www.voice-online.co.uk/ THE VOICE, founded in 1982, is the only British national black weekly newspaper operating in the Unite