Jason Newkirk
Media is Everywhere Media is all around us, we wake up and turn on the news, check our Instagram while pouring coffee and send out a tweet before heading off to work. Thanks to technological convergence, anyone can overwhelm themselves in movies and sequels by watching new shows on your phone with Hulu, after calling a restaurant to make reservations while posting pictures on Instagram. These remarkable stories get told through transmedia storytelling, for example, when your Watchmen Blu-ray comes with a comic book to accompany the movie and further enrich the entertainment experience. When the Bollywood film “Rok Sako To Rok Lo” was live-streamed on a cellphone in 2004, this cultural convergence and how people will use this technology to sample other movies. Other examples of media and pop culture randomly coming together and causing a media uproar, is the picture of “Bert” from Sesame Street with Bin Laden on a poster that traveled from anti-American protest covered by CNN. This is what convergence culture is in a nutshell; a sign can create outrage on many different levels. It doesn’t matter if your anti-American or shocked to see a childhood icon with a World is known Terrorist, media affects how we think and feel. Thankfully, you can drown out your confusion of “Life” with transmedia storytelling and technological convergence, and not have to focus too much energy on Terrorists or what really going on in the World. Everywhere people go we are surrounded by media, we go to the gas station there is a TV at the pump telling you the weather and news, you go to work, and your coworkers are talking about the latest political news. How consumers take in media and what we do with this knowledge of the information is up to us. Thanks for reading! Jason
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AuthorI am a four-year Starbucks partner, and I love making up stories, and making people laugh. I am currently looking for new employment opportunities. I have recently completed my bachelor's degree, and I am ready to start a new chapter in my journey. I have been a creative story writer since I was little. 'I'm an aspiring screenwriter, and I love making up characters and stories. I've taken Storytelling classes, digital media classes, film classes, animation, and multiple screenwriting courses. I speak a little German, and I love learning new languages. Thanks for your time and consideration. ArchivesCategories |