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After reading and listening to a lecture about Chapter 1, what are the most important points you would tell someone about convergent media?
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Marissa
9/15/2012 01:18:27 pm
Yes, Epperly, I would wholeheartedly agree. Cultural convergence shows that intercultural communication (communication across different cultures) is a direct result of new media technologies, or even the result of convergent media (old media and new media meeting together in the new medium).
Daisy
9/15/2012 05:56:35 pm
I think the technological convergence has brought great convenience to us. It's kind of ingrained in nearly every aspect of our life. This convergence offers us a new way to communicate, learn, etc which shows us a brandnew world. PS: About TV(the future of convergence) this chapter has referred to at last , can we consider the melding of the television and PC as a kind of technological convergence?
Marissa
9/15/2012 06:05:13 pm
Daisy,
COCO
9/15/2012 07:48:35 pm
As far as I am concerned, I would tell people the future of the convergent media. Yesterday is history, we should pay more attention to what it would like in the future as tecnology developing. It has brought many changes to us to enrich our daily life, and what surprises will it continue acheiving? we can learn from the text book that the future television will be the symbol of convergent media, besides,we can imagine more,.
Marissa
9/16/2012 05:33:25 pm
Excellent response. Yes, both case studies provide good examples of the future of convergence as we already have historical examples of convergence happening. It is still important to have a historical context for convergent media, and even new media so that we may be able to predict or insinuate new trends in convergence and new media technologies.
Angela
9/17/2012 12:36:16 am
I think it brings many changes to our daily life.It plays a great important role in our daily life.With it,we can share information more conveniently and communicate with others.
Marissa
9/18/2012 10:52:39 am
Yes, Angela, it does all that you have mentioned above. Is there a particular kind of convergence that you think does this more than the others? Remember, the three kinds are: economic, cultural, and technological.
After read the chapter one, i have a general idea about how the old medias were replaced by the new medias or how they combined.
Marissa
9/18/2012 10:55:51 am
Well said, Bunny! Just remember that economic, cultural, and technological convergence refers to new media and old media combined in a different medium. New media, muck like old media, can also stand on its own. Chapter 1 focuses mostly on the convergence of the two forms and as you stated, tries to encourage us to understand the pros and cons of convergence and using media effectively in the digital age.
After reading and listening to a lecture about Chapter 1, it shows me what the convergence by exampling telephony is and introduces types and implications of convergence. And with the development of technology, mass communication has changed a lot.
Marissa
9/18/2012 10:58:09 am
Monica, I would agree that the superior aspect of your comment is you give a well-rounded summary of Chapter 1. This indicates to me that you have understood the concepts, especially the characteristics and functions of convergent media.
Rena
9/18/2012 11:51:52 pm
After learning the first chapter of new media, it suddenly dawns on me what a big change has taken place in the past 10 years. Consequently, I'd prefer to tell that great changes the convergent media bringing to us is of great importance. Changes made include media organization, media type, media content, media distribution, media audience, media profession and attitude and value changes. To fully understand these changes and to make good use of these changes will bring us both lots of convenience and information.
Rena
9/20/2012 08:47:06 am
We should definitely focus more attention on the positive implication, but, at the same time, not forget the negatives ones.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:54:26 pm
I would certainly agree, Rena.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:55:50 pm
Not too much information, I hope, or we will have information overload! The great changes are in fact great, and as you have listed just how many changes there are, proves this. In my point of view,convergent media is crucial important to us.We even can't leave this kind of media,which provide a convenient way to communicate with outside world.It make our horizon broader,making our life more coloeful.However,there's also has some shortcoming.Our life is amplified through this kind of media,something difficulties may occur to us.So,pay attention to use this media.Exploit it merits,discard it dregs!!
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:24:48 pm
I'm glad you pointed out its advantages and its shortcomings. And yes, convergent media, like all kinds of media can not be viewed separately from the rest of society.
Ella
9/19/2012 07:12:23 pm
I haven't be more aware of what a convinient world I am living in before I took New Media class, especially when I saw the comparison and convergence between new and old media. We young people were born with new media and have no concious about it's convinience, but if one day all our access to new media was cut off and time went back to our grandparents' generation, may be we would be bored and anxious to die. However, the old media stil has it's charm. As information overloads through Internet and television, old media can provide a more peaceful style of reading. Just imagine that in a rainning afternoon, you take a magzine or a book, and read it thoroughly instead of going through a plethora of websites like a scanner, how wonderful the life will be!
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:29:24 pm
You make quite an incredible amount of accurate observations here. This class is meant to serve as an opportunity for all of us to open our eyes a bit wider and observe what would happen if we all lived in a non-digital age. Would we, like you have stated, feel so bored that we would wish death upon ourselves? It's hard to imagine life without always being connected. On the other hand, you are right about old media still having a very warm place in our hearts. It's all about finding the right balance. We can't just be new media consumers and creators, we must balance that sphere of power and influence by humbling ourselves and reading a good book on that rainy afternoon you mention.
Talia
9/19/2012 07:24:55 pm
After learning chapter 1,I've learned la lot about convergent media.But I manly pay more attention to its influence in our daily life.First,it provides us much more information in different forms,especially a combination of different media. Beside,it gives us oppotunities to produce our own content,instead of just being an audience,and wo are able to interact with ech other. That's what I really care about.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:31:59 pm
That's great that you choose to pay close attention to its impact in our daily lives. This will serve you well as you continue your transition from solely a consumer to both a consumer and a creator. After reading and listening to a lecture about Chapter 1,I think the most important point is the amazing changes of the media brought by convergence. For example, as for the changes in the organization, in the preconvergenced world, centralized media organizations created and published on predetermined schedules. A newspaper was printed daily or weekly. However, the Internet-based media can be less centralized. Maybe it is because of the change in the organization patterns. Also, there are changes in type,content, and usage. As the mdia changes, our ways of lives are changed,too. Thus, it should be attached to great importance to the amazing changed in the media world in order to live a better life in the future.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:45:55 pm
The media certainly does have such profound effects on our lives and can help us to live better, but we can't forget the negative implications. I'm glad you focused on the decentralization of Internet-based media. That's an important aspect of the profound effects on our lives.
Summer
9/19/2012 09:30:02 pm
I would tell people what great changes new media has brought to us and how fast new media is developing and improving. I would also tell people new media is around everyone— it’s available almost everywhere. New media is new but easy to approach, it’s available for ordinary people. Actually, we ordinary people are playing the larger part in the developing of new media. Everyone can has his own voice in this stage.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:49:14 pm
Well said! It's good to focus on the positives and to inform others that although it's new, it's usability and approachability make it an accessible tool for everyone. And yes, the best part, that everyone has their own distinct voice and the right to voice said voice.
Nina
9/19/2012 10:18:21 pm
New media really changes our lives in many aspects. It also presents the whole world vividly to us, so new media contributes a lot to cultural convergence. For example, I have seen plenty of foreigner elements involved in TV series. In the S04E11 of Doctor Who, Chinese elements characterized by red lantern and traditional music were involved in; and in the latest episode, America’s cowboy culture is in it, telling me the their motto, “we got our own arrangement”. It’s so amazing that we can touch different cultures thanks to new media.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:52:56 pm
I love your example from Doctor Who, but I want to be clear that this is an example of convergent media, and NOT an example of new media. New media is an interactive form of communication that uses the Internet so unless we watch a television show that has been formatted especially for viewing on the Internet AND allows viewers to "interact" with what they are watching, then we can not call it new media. Your example relates, as you have said, to cultural convergence.
jane
9/19/2012 10:26:44 pm
Convergent media has developed so rapidly and successfully, and people live their lives in it. Internet connects globe together, which makes information sharing no more a problem. But it requires consumers to choose and make use of information rationally. Extreme speeches and purposed actions are brought to us together with something good. So we got to be smart and sort out truth.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:40:50 pm
Don't forget that most of us are connected to the Web, but there is still the problem of access. Remember, the digital divide still exists. More and more people from around the globe are connected, and it does make sharing information a breeze, but yet, at the same time, there are still those who are caught in the digital divide. Finally, yes, we must be smart and seek the truth.
Tammy
9/19/2012 11:12:46 pm
After learning Chapter one, I know how the world changed by media, especially by new media. New media can communicate across difference cultures and also let us share information more conveniently. It is easy to find that the new media change and enrich our life from every aspect, from technology to economy, from education to cultures. It plays an important role in our life. Media changes our life, it also change itself as well, such as new media organization change, media type change, its use and distribution change, etc. It’s reasonable to believe that new media will develop and improve with the help of advanced technology.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:37:59 pm
New media has done all that you have stated, but don't forget that all you have stated has happened through convergence. Some new media technologies are also convergent media. It is undeniable that it plays a prominent role in our lives. It is inescapable; media, and new media is everywhere. Your final statement is certainly reasonable and a positive nod to what the future has in store for us.
Tina
9/19/2012 11:18:39 pm
After reading Chapter 1,I feel like the whole world is converging.New technology keeps emerging as a complement of the old technology.Actually,I think new media and old media should be the supplement for each other .As the development of media,we are going to have a more fantastic audience experience than ever.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:33:11 pm
Yes, an audience our experiences are improving, but don't forget that we no longer just have to be a complacent consumer, but we can be an active content creator.
Verna
9/20/2012 12:07:26 am
The media is developing rapidly these days. It is easy and simple at the outset. As time goes by, it is getting complex and useful. The function and context of media are various, which narrow the distance of people and improve the communication condition. What impresses me most is that new media has come to a position that allows people to seek for information, send feedback and share their life at will.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:22:18 pm
I would agree that new media is rather impressive in the ways you described. I also appreciate that you only used the word media, because all kinds of media; mass, convergent, and new are rapidly developing, getting more complex, useful as well as influential, and closing the distance between individuals. in this day and age, the pattern and content of new media change frequenty.there are massive and diverse informations showing up in the internet,which widen my outlook and enlarge my knowledge.meanwhile, media just like an double-edged sword, as a rantional university student ,i am supposed to choose its merits and abandon its demerits,that is to say, i should make good use of media.
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:16:42 pm
Yes, as a university student, you must learn to differentiate between good sources and bad as well as using all kinds of media in both an accurate and efficient way. "Massive and diverse" are very powerful and accurate adjectives you used to describe media. Again, it's all about contradictions.
Alice
9/21/2012 12:58:05 am
After learning the chapter 1, the first thing I want to say is that new meida and mass media are not comletely divided. New media doesn't mean there are no traditonal elements at all. They still support each other and traditional media will not die.Moreover, because of technological, culture and economic convergence, the world is getting smaller, as we all heard about "global village". New media provide us a chance to know different people and cultures that are far from us. It's really cool!
Marissa
9/21/2012 04:14:15 pm
I like that you made sure to mention that new media isn't necessarily completely "new." Of course it borrows elements from traditional media, or old media. And yes, convergent media is old and new media "supporting" each other. You offer a great analogy in regards to the consequences of convergence; our world is certainly getting smaller and giving many people opportunities to interact wit other that our ancestors probably never dreamed of.
Windy
9/22/2012 12:27:57 pm
I am sorry to be so late ,Marrissa.
Marissa
9/22/2012 12:37:37 pm
You are not late, Windy. Deadlines are always 10:30pm, the Thursday before class. Yes, in terms of digital media's development, convergence and its three types are essential to helping people connect and increasing the concept of the "global village."
Celia
9/25/2012 11:03:03 pm
It seems that I'm the last one? I'm really sorry about that. Well, I may tell my friends that the old media like magazines have converged with new media. U can read passages u like both on the magazine and online. That's very convenient.
Marissa
9/26/2012 12:41:47 am
You are certainly not the last one, and the deadline is always 10:30pm on the Thursday prior to class. Yes, this is something your friends would certainly like to be informed about.
Vicki
9/25/2012 11:03:13 pm
After learning something about the convergent media,I focus on the changes it brings to the society,including media organization changes,content changes and so on.In some way, convergent media which add more entertainment to us has changed our lifestyle.Besides,with the development of tecnology,convrgent media will bring more new surprise to our life.
Marissa
9/26/2012 12:45:10 am
I'm very glad you discussed new surprises convergent media will continue to bring us, because one of the main concepts of both media literacy and convergent media is that they are ongoing processes.
Elaine
9/26/2012 12:47:53 pm
The point I learned about convergent media from chapter 1 is that old media and new media are gradually come togeter, for the teconology development and the changes of people's mind. Thus many changes happend, we change the way we get information, the way we comunicate and the way of entertaiment. Old media is not disappeared but intergrate into new media and become a part of it
Marissa
9/26/2012 02:54:55 pm
Good word choices to describe convergence. Yes, old media doesn't die, but instead convergent media allows a overall better user experience by combining elements of old and new media together. Before learning to the lecture about chapter 1, I had been thinking about a question: what will be the “final version” of the media? It’s newspaper? Facebook? or any other revolutionary media that haven’t been invented? I was really confused. But now , I think I have found the answer to this question－it’s the convergent media. We chat with friend in Facebook. we also read news on the newspaper. All the medias no matter they are old or new, have become part of life. I don’t think that we should try to figure out the best kind of media anymore. Because without any kind of them, our life wouldn`t have been so easy. I hold a firm belief that as the technology developing, the bond between old media and new media will become much stronger, which is really significant to our life and our society.
Marissa
9/27/2012 05:34:26 pm
I'm glad you point out that it's not about finding out which media is the best, because that is certainly not what this class is trying to figure out. Instead our motives are to understand the societal and personal impact new media technologies have on our lives and will continue to have.
Sunny
9/26/2012 06:53:28 pm
After learning chapter1, I get a more comprehensive understanding about media, especially the change of media and the effects of media. New media is more like a symbol for the technology development and the change of people's mind and it is more open to all the people. For instance, the program which I work for in the TV station not only has its regular broadcast everyday, but also has its Weibo on the Internet which is open to all the citizens to have discussion about the program and give us some suggestions. This is really a indication that supply me the combination of new media and old media.
Marissa
9/27/2012 05:35:56 pm
Great real-world and personalized example. Yes, the fact that convergent media is apparent in our lives and plays an impressive role in your day-to-day school and professional life shows how we are being shaped by the technologies that surround us.
Elena
9/26/2012 06:59:42 pm
After reading chapter 1,I want to tell people how the world changed by media and how rapidly new media is developing and improving.It's avaliable for everyone and plays an important role in every facet of people's life,which narrows the distance between people.It makes communication more convient.We can also get inexhaustible information from new media,that's amazing.
Marissa
9/27/2012 05:37:59 pm
That is amazing, but we have to be careful because that plethora of imformation can just as easily turn onn us. I think the overview you would give someone is an excellent, yet simplified way to explain somewhat difficult concepts of new media to others.
Catherine
9/26/2012 10:48:21 pm
to some extent,development in economy,technology and some other areas are pushed by both old and new media.they permeate in so many aspects that i can't imagine how the world work without them.of all components of media, i think the most important one is internet.although its history is not very long,the influence is the most extensive and profound.internet changes not only ordinary people‘s life on communication,purchase and so on but the operation of goverment which has to attach importance to reactions of the populace.personally speaking,i was blind and deaf without telepnone and internet which directly and indirectly affect my life.
Marissa
9/27/2012 05:42:28 pm
I like your metaphor of old and new media being pushed around. In a sense, this is what convergence does. It plays with the levels of old media we use and vice versa. It does seem hard to imagine the world without convergent media. Pointing out that the Internet has changed daily communication is the inevitable nature of creating such a beast. Your final metaphor also leaves us needing to consider how heavily we rely on new media technologies to just even make it through the day.
Aurora
10/10/2012 01:47:13 am
I think that convergence media is the new type of media in the 21st century, allowing we audience to watch, read, listen to and even participate in the newest events happened in and around the world. If I could tell someone who was not familiar about convergence media what it is, I would certaily introduce its convinence on audience participation. It is quite revolutionary to media field, and I think it will ultimately change the way we receive and deliever information.
Amelia
10/10/2012 09:38:42 pm
I am so sorry for my bad memory. I forget to make comments in the earlier time. After learning chapter1, I learn a lot of media convergence. Convergence brings both merits and demerits to human life. It helps some companies to make more profits from convergence, and consumers are able to share more founctions in a kind of media. However, their choices of media are limited.
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