Jenkins,
H. (2006) Welcome to Convergence Culture
[Internet]. Available from http://bit.ly/23VBDae [Accessed 25th
April 2016]
When
I was doing research on Henry Jenkins I came across his blog
(henryjenkins.org), although made ten years ago Jenkins’ still regularly
updates the blog.
I
used the search bar on the blog and typed in convergence culture, from there I
found the first post published in 2006. Jenkins explains why he created the
blog- ahead of the release of his 2008 book on convergence cultures.
In
the post he talks about contemporary, participatory and convergence cultures,
it was very interesting reading his views on these three subjects.
Something
else I really liked was his description of convergence cultures as ‘the flow of
content across multiple media platforms’ because it was very concise and also
made the idea easier to understand.
I
used this quote quite a few times throughout my portfolio as I felt it supported
my research of the Kardashian-Jenner family as they appear on various media
platforms.
Jenkins,
Henry (2006) Convergence Culture: When Old and New Media Collide. New
York: New York University Press.
Henry
Jenkins has been the forefront of the convergence cultures module and I knew
that his book ‘Convergence Culture: When Old and New Media Collide’ published in 2006 book was one of the
main texts I knew I wanted to use straight away, although the Kardashian-Jenner
phenomena tends to be seen as very contemporary (despite the reality show
Keeping Up With The Kardashians first airing in 2007) I knew that I would still
be able to incorporate Jenkins’ views and ideas into my portfolio.
I
liked how the quote ‘where old and new media collide’ perfectly supported my
research especially as the Kardashian-Jenner family are seen on both television
(old media) and on social media and their own apps (new media), showing how the
family has been able to spread the media empire across various media platforms
thus creating Jenkins’ idea of a collision between both old and new media.
Jerslev, A (2002) Realise and
‘reality’ in Film and Media. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press
I chose this third source as I
felt Anne Jerslev perfectly summed up everything I wanted to include into my
research file. Reality television is a
very interesting subject with the issue of what is real and what is not real e.g.
scripted reality television shows.
Much of the Kardashian-Jenner
fame started on their reality show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’. One quote
in Jerslev’s book that stuck out to me the most was the one about how reality
television makes ordinary members of the public famous - ‘when ordinary people suddenly
become public stars and “role models” after appearing in reality shows’,
although Jerslev’s focus is very much on reality televisions shows such as ‘Big
Brother’ I still felt that I could relate to the Kardashian-Jenner family as
many of the family got their ‘big break’ on the show or grew up on the show
(Kendall and Kylie Jenner)
Kavka, Misha (2011) ‘Industry Convergence Shows:
Reality TV and The Leisure Franchise’ In: Kackman, Michael., Binfield, Marnie,
Payne Matthew Thomas, Pearlman, Allison and Sebok Bryan (2011) (eds) Flow TV
– Television in The Age of Media Convergence. London and New York:
Routledge.
I first heard about Misha Kavka in the first week of
the Convergence Cultures module, in Industry Convergence Shows: Reality TV and
The Leisure Franchise’ Kavka discusses how the way reality television shows
work and the ways its stars are presented leads to the promotion of
consumerism.
I felt this was the perfect ideology for the Kardashian-Jenner family as
their reality television show has helped fund their multi-million dollar media
empire.
Due to the
Kardashian-Jenner apps, books and beauty ventures you can clearly see how the
link between reality television shows and consumerism works.
Misha Kavka’s
ideology helped me a lot through my portfolio as I was able to join many of the
links within the ever-growing Kardashian-Jenner media empire and why they are
all so successful and a major part of the contemporary pop culture and made it
easier for me to see this in action alongside my portfolio.
Willis, J. (2015) Kylie Jenner’s lip kit sells out in seconds,
now on eBay for 10 times the price. Available from http://et.tv/1UsCJEn
[Accessed: 25th April 2016]
I came across
this source when I was trying to find an exact date for the first release of
Kylie Jenner’s lip kits. Reading Jackie
Willis’ article for Entertainment Tonight really put into perspective how
successful not just the lip kits are but also how successful the
Kardashian-Jenner family is in general. It is not that unusual that products
increase in price on sites such as eBay, however, I found it very interesting
that Jenner’s lip kits were sold with such a large increase in price especially
as Jenner is not only a reality star but also just eighteen years old.
The article
included the prices the lip kit have been selling at on eBay, which allowed me
to further support my points within my portfolio when discussing the lip kits.
I found this
source useful as I could link it to Misha Kavka’s ideology of reality
television promoting consumerism.
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