2. • Combination of different forms of electronic
Communications
• Examples- Data processing,
telecommunications, word processing

3. • Used in mass media everyday
• VMAs used Twitter to vote
• American Idol uses phones for votes

4. • 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

6. Convergence Participation
• Voicing opinions via social media

7. • Journalism/reporting
• Radio Broadcasters
• Radio & Television Owners

9. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring03/Mallard/index.html
http://twitter.com/MTV
http://www.uiowa.edu/~c019138/convergence.html