Interesting People
Henry Jenkins and Ben Huh are experts when it comes to participatory culture. According to Jenkins, “This framework guides thinking about how to provide adults and youth with the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge, ethical framework, and self-confidence needed to be full participants in the cultural changes which are taking place in response to the influx of new media technologies”. Jenkins is saying that adults and child have an opportunity to develop their skill and knowledge to be able to understand and participate in the participatory culture. Jenkins is an expert in participatory culture because of his extensive educational background.
Ben Huh is the CEO of the Cheezburger network. The Cheezburger network is a great place to view example of participatory culture. On this network you can view fail blogs and the daily what and you also can view and create memes. Huh success started when he purchased a site called I Can Cheezburger. At the time Huh purchased the website it was all about cat pictures. Now when you visit the website you can view many different things like memes, funny videos, and gossip about celebrates. Huh website is a great example of participatory culture because it is a place where people can get inspired and make something of your own. Huh work help introduce more focus works like Anandam Kavoori. In Kavoori book Reading YouTube: The Critical Viewers Guide he is talking about many of the videos that have been on Huh’s website.
Ben Huh is the CEO of the Cheezburger network. The Cheezburger network is a great place to view example of participatory culture. On this network you can view fail blogs and the daily what and you also can view and create memes. Huh success started when he purchased a site called I Can Cheezburger. At the time Huh purchased the website it was all about cat pictures. Now when you visit the website you can view many different things like memes, funny videos, and gossip about celebrates. Huh website is a great example of participatory culture because it is a place where people can get inspired and make something of your own. Huh work help introduce more focus works like Anandam Kavoori. In Kavoori book Reading YouTube: The Critical Viewers Guide he is talking about many of the videos that have been on Huh’s website.