more powerful influence on political decision-making than grassroots networks, even if we are seeing new ways to assert alternative perspectives into the decision-making process." Books published See also Critical theory Digitality Digital art Media influence New media Participatory culture Transmedia storytelling References External links and blog Comparative Media Studies, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Foreword to the Italian Edition of Convergence Culture (English translation) How Content Gains Meaning in the Age of Spreadable Media, talk given by Henry Jenkins in Bologna, Italy, on June 27, 2012. Streaming audio with a written introduction and summary by Wu Ming 1 (in Italian). Henry Jenkins Playlist Appearance on WMBR's Dinnertime Sampler radio show January 15, 2003 Henry Jenkins Complete Freedom of Movement: Video Games as Gendered Play Spaces MacArthur Foundation profile Henry Jenkins Frontline interview on schools and technology Discussions at WGBH Studios, from the web-only interview series WGBH One Guest Video games as art Participatory media Citizen journalism 1958 births Living people American mass media scholars Video game researchers Poststructuralists Transmediation Georgia State University alumni MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty University of Iowa alumni University of Southern California faculty University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication alumni Comics scholars