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Henry Jenkins

1958 - Today

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Henry Guy Jenkins III (born June 4, 1958) is an American media scholar and Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He also has a joint faculty appointment with the USC Rossier School of Education. Previously, Jenkins was the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities as well as co-founder and co-director (with William Uricchio) of the Comparative Media Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Jenkins has received more than 325,443 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Jenkins is the 6,162nd most popular writer, the 10,488th most popular biography from United States and the 782nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Jenkins ranks 6,162 out of 7,302. Before him are E. W. Hornung, Daniel Kehlmann, Ernest Lehman, Irena Krzywicka, Jerry Pournelle, and Charles Olson. After him are Cecelia Ahern, Varsha Adalja, Jun Maeda, Frank Harris, Barbara Frischmuth, and Mehmed Uzun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Henry Jenkins ranks 458. Before him are Romy Müller, Mariya Pinigina, Eddy Planckaert, Luc Luycx, Reg E. Cathey, and Victor Salva. After him are Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Lav Diaz, Kim Andersen, Tom Shadyac, Michael Robinson, and Daniel Schneidermann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Jenkins ranks 10,488 out of 20,380. Before him are Kurt Wimmer (1964), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Charles Olson (1910), Slim Whitman (1923), Claudia Christian (1965), and Randy Matson (1945). After him are David Lindley (1944), Emma P. Carr (1880), Kelly Reichardt (1964), Ginni Rometty (1957), Don Keefer (1916), and Scott S. Sheppard (1977).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Henry Jenkins ranks 782. Before him are Patricia A. McKillip (1948), John Logan (1961), Walker Percy (1916), Ernest Lehman (1915), Jerry Pournelle (1933), and Charles Olson (1910). After him are Theodore Roethke (1908), Robert Creeley (1926), Anthony Doerr (1973), George Saunders (1958), David McCullough (1933), and Maxine Kumin (1925).

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