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Technological Convergence

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Technological Convergence Case Study:  Technological convergence is the process by which existing technologies merge into new forms that bring together different types of media and applications. The applications and trends of Technological convergence in converged communications is a prominent issue that has affected me in positive ways. The technological convergence has various benefits on the everyday life in relation with the digital age that arises. Digitalization has brought the technological convergence with new opportunities in terms of development and bridged the digital divide as a single service provider. The technological convergence also contributes to digital communication and social media as it enables communication between different programs and platforms. Moreover, technological convergence influenced the everyday life by affecting the telecommunications as well. Technological Convergence is the tendency for different technological systems to evolve towards...

Collective Intelligence

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Case Study: Facebook How knowledge community enabling collective intelligence? Collective Intelligence (CI) is traditionally understood as the intelligence emerging from the interaction between interconnected, communicating individuals. Social network like Facebook enabling collective intelligence. Facebook is a social media platform that allows the community spread their knowledge and thoughts in it. Facebook collects knowledge from the individuals, people are involved in the participatory culture while they are sharing or spreading their knowledge on Facebook. For example, people can create a Facebook page for a topic and people who know things about the topic can share their knowledge of what they know on the page. Therefore, others that do not know anything about the topic can refer to their post and learn from the others. Facebook allows people to  have  and share an experience and to  keep  up with friends' current daily occurrences. It turned out that e...

Transmedia Storytelling

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Case study: Pokemon Transmedia storytelling represents a process where integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience. Ideally, each medium makes its own unique contribution to the unfolding of the story.  So, to follow the guidelines of Henry Jenkins’ idea of transmedia storytelling “Transmedia storytelling is a process. Elements of a fiction get dispersed across multiple media for the purpose of creating a coordinated entertainment experience.” As we have already discussed, Pokemon is incredibly versatile as far as how the content is dispersed. “A transmedia text does not simply disperse information: it provides a set of roles and goals which readers can assume as they enact aspects of the story through their everyday life.” Within the game, some of the main goals and roles are: travelling as a Pokemon trainer, catchin...