Convergence Culture

1) To Henry Jenkins, convergence culture is a connection between all people. Information is easily accessible now and it is a never ending flow. To Jenkins convergence is the flow of information across multiple media platforms and between multiple media industries. People will go anywhere to obtain information and entertaining experiences. Convergence is determined by giant corporations and teenagers in their bedrooms. Media conglomerates desire to expand their business across multiple media platforms. Consumers desire to have the media and information they want, where they want it, and when they want it. In Jenkins work he identifies potential obstacles to convergence culture: media concentration, media reform movements, and research critiques on media convergence.

2) Users can be so creative when they take media into their own hands. I think that making YouTube videos are some of the most creative uses of media by everyday consumers. YouTube videos are also easily shared and accessed. 

3) The Internet has allowed all our media to be in one convenient place. The internet allows you to create, share, and view all types of content. Smart phones allow us to be constantly connected to the internet and social media, which keeps us constantly engaged.

It is shaped by the desires of media conglomerates to expand their empires across multiple platforms and by the desires of consumers to have the media they want where they want it, when they want it, and in the format they want - See more at: http://henryjenkins.org/2006/06/welcome_to_convergence_culture.html#sthash.90mKRxbF.dpuf