• Combination of different forms of electronic Communications

• Examples- Data processing, telecommunications, word processing

• Used in mass media everyday

• VMAs used Twitter to vote

• American Idol uses phones for votes

• 10 years ago: Home computer, television, CD player, radio

• In 2007, with the release of the iPhone, the convergence of phones, music player, and computers began

• Communication technology has changed the daily lives of people

Convergence Participation

• Voicing opinions via social media

• Journalism/reporting

• Radio Broadcasters

• Radio & Television Owners

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring03/Mallard/index.html

http://twitter.com/MTV

http://www.uiowa.edu/~c019138/convergence.html