Convergence or intermediality? Finnish political communication in the New Media Age (original) (raw)

Cultural limits to convergence

Telematics and Informatics, 1997

This Special Issue is based on papers presented at an international conference held in Bruges, Belgium, in 1996. The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on the convergence between telecommunications and broadcasting from a culturalistic perspective. The introductory note raises some questions regarding the cultural limits to convergence.

Critics about the Convergence Culture

Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development, 2016

In the ambit of Political Economy of Communication and Culture, the following article intends to problematize the convergence culture, comprising its complexity since the political, economic and social divergences that constitutes it. Therefore, it is offered a partial perspective of a “convergence society”. Four processes are especially explained, in order to make possible a critical diagnosis of the social rooting potential proposed by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in our time: the vigilance systems, the convergence multiple processes, the participation culture and the concurrence among consolidated media.

ICT and Convergence

This is a 2007 MA class term paper taking a look at media convergence. though a class work, the paper took inspiration from a fres read in 2007 of Frances Cairncross's 2007 book, "The Death of Distance: How Communications Revolution is Changing Our Lives"

CONVERGENCE CULTURE: WHERE OLD AND NEW MEDIA COLLIDE

Media convergence should be understood as a cultural process, rather than as a technological end-point because ”Convergence represents a cultural shift as consumers are encouraged to seek out new information and make connections among dispersed media content” (Jenkins 2006, 3). Convergence argues Jenkins ”should not be understood primarily as a technological process bringing together multiple media functions within the same devices”, but as a cultural shift as ”convergence does not occur through media appliances, however sophisticated they may become. Convergence occurs within the brains of individual consumers and through their social interactions with others” (2006, 3). Media is defined as a combination of two different parts coming together: the technology that enables communication through delivery technologies and so called ”associated protocols” consisting in social, cultural and economic relationships and practices generated by the new technology (2006, 13). While delivery technology gets outdated and is replaced at certain times, media survives, becomes adapted and coexists as layers in the media ecosystem.

Convergence: A Framework for Discussion

Convergence in European Digital TV …, 1999

The introduction aims to develop a wider framework in which the regulatory issues raised by convergence - and discussed in the following chapters - can be identified and analysed from a historical and comparative perspective. Moreover there is a widespread belief - which underpins this book - that television (the dominant audiovisual medium) is of crucial importance within these developments. For the great majority of Europeans, it is and will remain the major source of information, of entertainment and of culture. Furthermore the audiovisual industry is one of the major growth markets and industrial sectors, and has significant potential for job creation. Convergence issues within a television setting are therefore still debated within this traditional ‘culture versus commodity’ paradigm. However the developments currently underway in the broad communications field represent a fundamental paradigm shift away from these conventional policy modes. The aim of this introduction is then to highlight the fundamental shift in attitudes and assumptions concerning the approaches of regulation and the definition of the public interest in communications, largely driven by the globalization of trade, and the economic and social benefits fostered by convergence.

A Review of Convergence in Information and Communication Technology

2014

Convergence is the interlinking of computing and other information technologies, telecommunications networks and media content that originally operated largely independently. Convergence has arisen as a result of the evolution and popularization of the internet as well as the activities, products and services that have emerged in the digital media space. Convergence plays an important role in society from the economic, social, and development perspective. It can influence the way in which governments develop appropriate policy while looking for social welfare; enterprises compete in the market; and individuals communicate with each other and benefit from efficient and lower-cost, innovative and new value-added products and services. Technological convergence has raised a number of issues of adjustment to the new environment by telecom operators, service providers, policymakers, regulators, and users. Issues like interoperability, interconnection, Policy and regulatory framework, con...