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As the idea of convergence culture became more apparent in media and cultural studies, other scholars such as Nick Couldry and James Hay, saw the notion to be over-used catch all term. [8] They began to question convergence culture as a buzzword that has yet to be fully mapped, and demands specificity. [ 8 ]
Concentration of media ownership, also known as media consolidation or media convergence, is a process wherein fewer individuals or organizations control shares of the mass media. [1] Research in the 1990s and early 2000s suggested then-increasing levels of consolidation, with many media industries already highly concentrated where a few ...
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies is a Q1-ranked (ranking by Scimago) quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the fields of communications and media. The current editors are Sarah Aitkinson (King's College London) and Helen Kennedy (University of Nottingham).
A prominent critique in the special Cultural Studies issue criticizing Jenkins' account of convergence culture is that he overstates the power of the user in a convergent media sphere. Jenkins argues that convergence represents a fundamental change in the relationship between producers and consumers of media content.
Media synchronicity theory states that every communication interaction is composed of two processes: conveyance and convergence. The processes are necessary for completing tasks. Conveyance is about the transmission of new information, while convergence is about reaching an agreement.
The transformation research on media systems has its origin in transformation studies of political sciences.Fragments of political science theories were applied in comparative media studies, [4] since transformation processes of media systems are strongly connected to the transformation of political systems. [5]
TSYS Releases White Paper on the Convergence of Social Media and Payments in India and Southeast Asia COLUMBUS, Ga. & MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TSYS today announced the publication of a ...
They also suggest that polymediation “is both the process and product resulting from media producers—who can be everyone and anyone with access—existing within a converged media state” that “moves beyond media convergence alone, by examining the simultaneous processes and outcomes of convergence and fragmentation" and "Since ...