Write brief 250- to 300-word answers to each of the following:
|Questions |Answers |
|What is meant by the term media |Media convergence in regard to technology is “the process by which previously distinct |
|convergence with regard to technology, |technologies come to share tasks and resources” (Lule, J. (2012) Exploring media and |
|and how has it affected everyday life? |culture (1st. ed.) Irvington, NY: Flat World Knowledge, Inc.). This means technologies |
| |such as television, radio, newspapers are available through one venue, such as a |
| |smartphone or computer. The author did make one statement in the text I do not quite |
| |understand regarding the non-existence of the “black box”. Smartphones now have the |
| |capability to merge all media venues- internet, radio, television via streaming |
| |broadcasts, movies, newspapers, and games, as well as digital imaging capabilities |
| |including photographs, video, and telephone and text communication. Would this not be |
| |considered total media convergence? Everyday life has been affected drastically by |
| |convergence of media, and we have been put in touch with many resources we would otherwise|
| |not have access to. Many of us do not go through a day without picking up our phones to |
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