Online MediaPublic content sites
• Which category do these sites belong to? It may be more than one! Consider whether they are audience or institution fed.
• 1. Social networking
• 2. File sharing (music, photos, film).
• 3. News reporting
• 4. Consuming TV
• 5. Game playing
• 6. Email
• 7. Consuming Film
• 8. Shopping
• 9. Chat/opinion
‘Convergence’
• the coming together of new media technologies.
• all of these websites are examples of Web 2.0.
• Many have converged uses and contributers.
• Many adhere to the ‘long tail’ theory & 6 degrees of separation.
• Most began as Beta versions.
• They all are focused on profit, either from subscription or advertising.
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