Henry Jenkins founder of MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Program, currently professor of communication among other things, identifies “Convergence Culture [as a map to] a new territory: where old and new media intersect, where grassroots and corporate media collide, where the power of the media producer and the power of the consumer interact in unpredictable ways” (456). One of the ways in which Convergence Culture is being shown is in 2001 when a student creates a Photoshop of Bert from Sesame Street as being evil, interacting with terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden. The pictures of Bert and Osama Bin Laden started in a classroom, traveled to the Middle East, to then the media and the news taking over. The flow of content moved so fast through the media to a point were the Children’s Television Workshop, creators of the Sesame Street had no control over Bert’s image because they did not know who to blame for it. Through this example is how Henry Jenkins introduces us to the convergence culture, where old and new media collide. It mainly shows how individuals will do anything in order to obtain the kind of entertainment they want to see. How does convergence begin? It all starts with individuals and their connections with others. Henry refers to it as “collective intelligence”, which is knowing something and putting pieces together by joining ones thoughts with other resources and skills. I agree with Jenkins, individuals tend to build their conclusions based on the media and or others thoughts.
Lets talk about Convergence Talk; once again I agree with Jenkins, I believe cellphones are the main target that have developed the most over the years. Cellphones are the key element, individuals are able to utilize them for any task they may need. Cellphones are made up of multiple devices all in one; there is no such thing as a single-function phone anymore. Now