User:Jayla P/Convergence culture

Lead section:overview is not clear, sentence two in second paragraph states the subject, however it lacks support. Clear structure and various cited ideals about the subject, however ideals need more support.

Convergence culture is a theory which recognizes changing relationships and experiences with new media. Henry Jenkins is accepted by media academics to be the father of the term with his book Convergence Culture: where old and new media collide. It explores the flow of content distributed across various intersections of media, industries and audiences, presenting a back and forth power struggle over the distribution and control of content.

Advancement in digital technologies, has created a merge between old media and new media technologies. Advancing consumers, with smartphones, which lets them to participate in the media production landscape.

Jenkins's believed that James Hay's & Nick Couldry's 2011 article, Rethinking Convergence/Culture, was constructive, but focused more on his book rather than exploring other changes in media.

Jenkins starts the book off by discussing the Bert is Evil images made by Dino Ignacio. He goes on to explain this story and use it as his first example of convergence culture.

Link to our article - Draft:Convergence Culture (book)