Everyone, or at least I do, knows that America is eventually going to be back to a Neanderthal state with cool toys that help us survive, make other toys, and interact with each other.
We won’t be able to operate them, they will operate themselves and they will be superior. A subtle sign of this is the way we write news now. Back in the days before the Phone, laptops, and other media devices, a story was written. Maybe a picture made it into the middle of the print and the layout editor thought it was so clever the way he seamlessly got the picture below the fold. Nowadays, the layout editor is called the media integration specialist. He finds ways to put as much information as he can in one place so we don’t have to search all over the site and the internet finding more about the story. Convergence is defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary as the merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole. Sites such as ESPN.com, CNN.com, and washingtonpost.com integrate technology and media into web stories.
As of yesterday, I think Apple has changed the way we read news. They unleashed a large version of an iTouch, called an iPad, that has a 9inch screen and has all these apps in place to download each newspaper from around the world everyday and store it on the device so you can read it anywhere. The iPod is known for media and the Apple Company is one of great emphasis on entertainment, so why not be the first to mass produce a perfect handheld digital newspaper. In the layout, you can click on videos, upload the articles to your own blog, and even add your own comments to the articles to debate on with anyone in the eworld. It’s a fabulous new piece of technology and can change the way we see technology and the news. It’s the ultimate tool for convergence and will change the game for a long time to come. Sorry ink and paper, you’ve been demoted.
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