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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Participatory Culture (Jenkins et al., 2006) | Connected Learning (Ito et al., 2013)
Forms of Participatory Culture
(Jenkins et al., 2006)

Affiliations
Memberships, formal and
informal, in online
communities centered around
various forms of media, such
as Friendster, Facebook,
message boards, meta
gaming, game clans, or
MySpace.

Expressions
Producing new creative forms,
such as digital sampling,
skinning and modding, fan
video making, fan fiction
writing, zines, mash-ups.

Collaborative
Problem-Solving
Working together in teams,
formal and informal, to
complete tasks and develop
new knowledge (such as
through Wikipedia, alternative
reality gaming, spoiling).

Participatory Culture
Jenkins
  (2006),
  who
  is
  renowned
  for
  his

research
  on
  communication
  and
  media,
  proposes

with
  his
  co-­‐authors
  the
  concept
  of
  participatory

culture,
  trying
  to
  de>ine
  the
  world
  in
  which
  most

teens
  are
  actively
  participated
  in
  this
  digital
  age.

According
  to
  Jenkins
  et
  al.
  (2006),
  participatory

culture
  is
  a
  culture
  encourages
  “artistic
  expression

and
 civic
 engagement”
 (p.
 3),
 supports
 creations
 and

sharing,
  and
  advocates
  informal
  mentorship.

Moreover,
  members
  in
  the
  participatory
  culture

value
  their
  contributions
  and
  cultivate
  social

connection
  with
  other
  members
  (Jenkins
  et
  al,

2006).

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Circulations
Shaping the flow of media
(such as podcasting,
blogging).

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