Convergence

In this essay I will be showing you how the convergence of the camera phone and social media has lead us to survey not only ourselves but others. I will not put too much focus on the origin of the camera phone , rather I will be writing on how social media and the camera phone has shaped us to review our pictures , and the positives that have come with the convergence of these technologies Although the topic is under great debate, the first ever camera phone was created in May 1999 by Japanese…

evaluate its take a close future version of convergence. Firstly the essay explain Her in full detail by giving an outline of the plot and highlighting key moments or features that are important to the film. Secondly it will go on to describe the various types of convergent media and attempt to understand the ways that convergence has shaped the world we live in. The third part will then compare the convergence present in the real world with version of convergence presented within Her, and look…

In the article “The cultural logic of media convergences,” Henry Jenkins argues that the meaning of media convergence cannot be simply defined as a development of technology that combines different types of media into one platform, and it is a process that created by media audiences’ desire for more entertainment and the cooperation among many media industries for fulfilling those audiences’ behavior. For a further understanding of convergence, Jenkins believes that it is a shift of culture that…

Thematic Convergences: Disability as “special ability”? The three films reveal a series of thematic convergences, set in the interplay between “nature” and “culture”, in the understanding and negotiation of the experience of disability, as well as, the “personal” and “public” dimensions of the disability experience in patriarchal social settings. The arrival of a child with disability is a life-changing event, especially regarding the general attitude towards disability in particular cultural…

Before of World War 1 there was significant inequality, however after WW1 inequality fall due to many countries adopting some source of protectionism. While factor-price convergence could be good for countries entering free trade agreements. Wages for jobs converge may not be a good thing, convergence may results in a drop of unskilled wages in one of those countries with previously high unskilled wages, and increase of wages on the other country with previously low unskilled wages…

as “LOL” or “OMG” have found their way onto television and movie screens. Other, more technological terms have also been created. The term convergence is now used by many media professionals to describe the “several overlapping phases or eras in which newer forms of technology disrupted and modified older forms” (Campbell, Fabos & Martin. Ch 1 Pg 6). Convergence has changed the way our society uses and accesses media. All forms of media (social media, digital news broadcasts, and videos) are…

Kaye define the internet as a worldwide network of computers and has emerged rapidly as a new mass medium (2011, p.7). Additionally, the internet is a product of convergence which is described as “the merging of communications and information capabilities over an integrated electronic media” as cited by Medoff and Kaye (2011, p.7). Convergence in relation to the internet includes many features of traditional media such as text, graphic, moving pictures and sound all into one unique medium (The…

There is a debate on culture uniformity, on one side, theory of convergence support uniformity by providing argument that because of the business around the world is relying more on the technology as it moves to industrialized era, culture would become more similar (Sparrow, Schuler, & Jackson, 1994). On the other side, there is a view about culture divergence means that uniformity is unlikely to take place as the characteristic of culture is unique and dynamic (Kelley & Reeser, 1973; Lincoln,…

In the modern management system, it is very difficult to make strong dichotomy between convergence and divergence. The best HRM practice will certainly universalize in the days to come. But the perspective of HRM in a particular culture may not suit in another culture. Similarly it defers from company to company because all companies do not have same motto and they are not operated in the same context (Pudelko and Harzing, 2007). Furthermore Hofstede’s country comparison portrays the cultural…

role of ethicists is not to accept or reject any particular view when it’s being examined; instead, ethicists should articulate all viewpoints without bias, and, with all views fully articulated, allow us to seek rational convergence among them. This idea of ethical convergence reminded me of my personal experience. I have a close friend who frequently disagrees with my philosophical ideas. We are still very good friends, and we continue our discussion as an attempt to seek a common ground.…