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Media Living: Convergence and whodunnit
Sep. 25th, 2008 10:18 pmGah! I am at the mercy of technology here. It's been over a week since I did the reading that I want to talk about, and my browser died when I tried to re-open it. And one thing led to another and I found myself uninstalling and deleting old programs to make more space on my hard drive. But that's okay, because it kind of leads into what I want to talk about, and maybe while I'm rambling I'll get that reading open again.
Something that bugged me about the Jenkins reading (if I'm remembering correctly - will know soon, anyhow, browser-permitting) is that it seemed to imply that "convergence" was mostly happening in one direction - big media companies merging making technology that allows users to do more with a single piece of technology, for instance. Sure, that's definitely happening - but what MAKES it a good business move? Might it be user demand? Not that it's ALL originating with the users, but there's definitely a kind of feed-back loop happening where people are coming up with new uses for technology and companies are responding to this. Argh, the browser's not cooperating tonight. Anyway, Jenkins may have hinted at this but it seems to me that he suggested that the source of convergence was mostly ORIGINATING in the big media company mergers and then trickling down. And that bugged me.
I had a brief discussion in the comments of the last entry with my friend![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eternalism, and a bunch of interesting stuff came up, including a bit of thought about convergence. You can take a peek if you're in the mood.
( Further rambling ahead includes talk about swearing in internet media, and some discussion of why Rock Band is so awesome. )
Something that bugged me about the Jenkins reading (if I'm remembering correctly - will know soon, anyhow, browser-permitting) is that it seemed to imply that "convergence" was mostly happening in one direction - big media companies merging making technology that allows users to do more with a single piece of technology, for instance. Sure, that's definitely happening - but what MAKES it a good business move? Might it be user demand? Not that it's ALL originating with the users, but there's definitely a kind of feed-back loop happening where people are coming up with new uses for technology and companies are responding to this. Argh, the browser's not cooperating tonight. Anyway, Jenkins may have hinted at this but it seems to me that he suggested that the source of convergence was mostly ORIGINATING in the big media company mergers and then trickling down. And that bugged me.
I had a brief discussion in the comments of the last entry with my friend
eternalism, and a bunch of interesting stuff came up, including a bit of thought about convergence. You can take a peek if you're in the mood.( Further rambling ahead includes talk about swearing in internet media, and some discussion of why Rock Band is so awesome. )
