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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 317,910 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Jenkins is the 6,161st most popular writer, the 10,483rd most popular biography from United States and the 782nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 320k

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  • 43.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Machines That Think
Science fiction, American, American Science fiction, Computers
Moxon's Master - short story by Ambrose Bierce The Lost Machine - novelette by John Wyndham Rex - short story by Harl Vincent Robbie - short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow 1940) Farewell to the Master - novelette by Harry Bates Robot's Return - short story by Robert Moore Williams (variant of Robots Return) Though Dreamers Die - novelette by Lester del Rey Fulfillment - novelette by A. E. van Vogt Runaround - novelette by Isaac Asimov I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream - short story by Harlan Ellison (some editions) The Evitable Conflict - novelette by Isaac Asimov A Logic Named Joe - short story by Murray Leinster Sam Hall - novelette by Poul Anderson I Made You - short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr. [as by Walter M. Miller] Triggerman - short story by J. F. Bone War with the Robots - short story by Harry Harrison Evidence - novelette by Isaac Asimov 2066: Election Day - short story by Michael Shaara If There Were No Benny Cemoli - novelette by Philip K. Dick The Monkey Wrench - short story by Gordon R. Dickson Dial F for Frankenstein - short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Dial "F" for Frankenstein 1965) The Macauley Circuit - short story by Robert Silverberg Judas - short story by John Brunner Answer - short story by Fredric Brown The Electric Ant - short story by Philip K. Dick The Bicentennial Man - novelette by Isaac Asimov Long Shot - short story by Vernor Vinge Alien Stones - novelette by Gene Wolfe Starcrossed - short story by George Zebrowski
1984
Penguin Book of Horror Stories
Horror tales, Short stories, Cadillacs
The Monk of horror, or The Conclave of corpses, by Anonymous The Astrologer's prediction, or The Maniac's fate, by Anonymous The expedition to Hell, by James Hogg Mateo Falcone, by Prosper Merimee [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W), by Edgar Allan Poe Le Grande Breteche, by Honore de Balzac The romance of certain old clothes, by Henry James Who knows?, by Guy de Maupassant The body snatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson The death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola The boarded window, by Ambrose Bierce Lost hearts, by M.R. James The sea-raiders, by H.G. Wells The derelict, by William Hope Hodgson Thurnley Abbey, by Perceval Landon The fourth man, by John Russell In the penal colony, by Franz Kafka The waxwork, by A.M. Burrage Mrs. Amworth, by E.F. Benson The reptile, by Augustus Muir Mr. Meldrum's Mania, by John Metcalfe The beast with five fingers, by William Fryer Harvey Dry September, by William Faulkner Couching at the door, by D.K. Broster The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany The man who liked Dickens, by Evelyn Waugh Taboo, by Geoffrey Household The thought, by L.P. Hartley Comrade death, by Gerald Kersh Leningen versus the ants, by Carl Stephenson The brink of darkness, by Yvor Winters Activity time, by Monica Dickens Earth to Earth, by Robert Graves The dwarf, by Ray Bradbury The Portabello Road, by Muriel Spark No flies on Frank, by John Lennon Sister Coxall's revenge, by Dawn Muscillo Thou shalt not suffer a witch ..., by Dorothy K. Haynes The terrapin, by Patricia Highsmith [Man from the south](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504421W), by Roald Dahl Uneasy home-coming, by Will F. Jenkins The Aquarist, by J.N. Allan An interview with M. Chakko, by Vilas Sarang
1984
Convergence Culture
Mass media and culture, Popular culture, Convergence
2006
Tomorrow's children
American Science fiction, Science fiction, American Fantasy fiction
Fantastic anthology of eighteen fantasy and science-fiction short stories, novelettes and novellas that feature adolescent protagonists or are at aimed at adolescent audiences, or both. Contains some true classics as well as as several fun but relatively unknown gems. No Life of Their Own - novella by Clifford D. Simak The Accountant - short story by Robert Sheckley Novice - novelette by James H. Schmitz Child of Void - short story by Margaret St. Clair When the Bough Breaks - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett] A Pail of Air - short story by Fritz Leiber Junior Achievement - short story by William M. Lee Cabin Boy - novelette by Damon Knight The Little Terror - short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins] Gilead - novelette by Zenna Henderson The Menace from Earth - novelette by Robert A. Heinlein The Wayward Cravat - short story by Gertrude Friedberg The Father-Thing - short story by Philip K. Dick Star, Bright - novelette by Mark Clifton All Summer in a Day - short story by Ray Bradbury It's a Good Life - short story by Jerome Bixby The Place of the Gods - short story by Stephen Vincent Benét The Ugly Little Boy - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn)
1966
Textual Poachers
Television viewers
2003
Classical Hollywood Comedy
Comedy films
2013

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Jenkins ranks 6,161 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 10,483 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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