Convergence

which comes along with a great amount of power. For example, if someone chooses to follow a series on ABC, they are not only supporting ABC, but Disney as well. Some other notable conglomerates are Comcast, Time Warner, and NewsCorp. Economic convergence is important because it makes it more convenient to maintain companies when they are all under mass media companies, rather than several individual ones that may disappoint their consumers as they may not have enough money to carry out their…

2. Diffusion Theories and the Blurred Definition of Convergence on Education Privatization Studies of policy diffusion are grounded on the perspective that domestic policy decisions are affected by foreign choices. This influence, in turn, produces policy convergence (Braun 2006; Drori, Meyer, and Hwang 2006; Dobbin, Simmons, and Garrett 2007). Despite this common view, the mechanisms by which these approaches explain diffusion are quite different. Some theorists argue that since countries…

As time moves forward there are only so many ways to keep traditions from the past. Viewing experiences have changed drastically over the last 50 years, making it difficult to keep up the multitude of choices. For every screen we own, we introduce a new kind of viewing platform. Each device is a door that can lead to endless information and entertainment. Access to anything media related has become available to anyone with a smartphone, tablet, ipad, etc. Meaning that when it comes to choosing a…

In Tom Wolfe’s essay, “Digibabble, Fairy Dust, and the Human Anthill,” Wolfe utilizes his knowledge of sociobiology to explain the concepts of “convergence” and the “noosphere”, which are thought to be precursors to the World Wide Web, i.e., the Digital Universe. He found a specific interest in convergence. Wolfe states, “Thanks to technology, ‘the hitherto scattered” species Homo sapiens was being united by a single ‘nervous system for humanity,’ a ‘living membrane…a unified consciousness that…

The Effect Of IFRS On Current Tax Planning Strategy Introduction Any organization that has just started to adopt the IFRS would be considering the sort of impact that it would be having on its financial reporting. However, equally important is to understand the sort of impact it is going to have and the tax liability of the organization. Thus it is important to look and understand what sort of impact the IFRS is going to have as far as the tax accounting is concerned. This paper would also…

the Internet age is capitalism and shifting roles of journalists. Capitalism has played an important role in media commodification; it transforms journalism into an industrial news model which could lead to the loss of public service media. The convergence of media gradually puts traditional media in a decline trend and the new form of media…

In Nicomachean Ethics 1097b22–1098a18, Aristotle advances an argument for what the human good is, which comes to be known as the Function Argument. There are a lot of discussions in secondary literature of the Function Argument, but (well, maybe not) surprisingly, scholars disagree significantly on what the Function Argument really is (a.k.a. what the premises and conclusion are), particularly because the so compact Argument is unpacked in a rather rapid manner, and involves potentially…

Within the entire segment of convergence it is clear that the purpose of the dialogue is to win the argument. When Alana asked in [line 33] “you love all those girls grabbing you?” a convergence communication strategy was subconsciously applied in order to provide reasoning behind the original comments of [lines 19-29]. In doing so, it is evident that although…

Our cognition processes information coming from different channels of sensory modalities and integrates it smoothly. In most of the time we are not even aware of the modalities of the information, rather all we are conscious of is the information itself. Having more senses provides more accuracy in different dimensions of an event such as time and space. For example, one sense is less accurate about carrying time dimension of an event, while other is less accurate about estimating the location.…

Intellectual Property Stance • Bloc Quebecois believes that “the issue of intellectual property is fundamental and important in the context of stimulating innovation and creativity especially in the health sector where access to the latest discoveries and to new technology enables us to make extraordinary discoveries that help treat diseases, old or new. Huge effort and investment in research and development is required.” (Open Parliament) • Aligned with Canada’s International Policy on…