Rtf Final Review
RTF 305 Final list of concepts for final exam review
Still missing stuff in blue! lets work together and finish this.. also i think it would be a great idea if you saved any quiz questions to post them at the bottom of the doc for review purposes..
Introduction to Media Studies: History and Theories (including Croteau and Hoynes chapter)
Digital Convergence
Digital convergence is the combination of mediums that form a larger, more effective media type. The acronym ITTCE encompasses exactly what Digital Convergence is about. It stands for Information Technologies, Telecommunication, Consumer Electronics, and Entertainment. A good example of digital convergence is the cell phone. Originally, phones were used simply to communicate verbally. Now, it has changed and transformed into something that is used for entertainment, work, communicating, as well as many other functions. Digital Convergence is one of the main factors to the cell phone becoming the "third screen". It takes multiple functions and combines them into the same device. They say technology advances at twice the rate of anything else, so it will continue to develop change our lives much quicker than one would think.
The convergence of multiple industries into one super digital industry. T.V., music, and information are now all digital and online so their industries converge into one. The advancement of the smartphone has caused these industries to converge, but the smartphone itself is an example of technological convergence.
Technological convergence
Technological Convergence is the tendency of different technologies to evolve in the same direction in order to suit the same tasks. When there is a demand for a certain service, it is often the case that more than one technologies can be used to deliver this service. For this reason, the same service can often be delivered by many different companies using many different technologies. For instance, with media, fiber optic cables, telephone wires,
Still missing stuff in blue! lets work together and finish this.. also i think it would be a great idea if you saved any quiz questions to post them at the bottom of the doc for review purposes..
Introduction to Media Studies: History and Theories (including Croteau and Hoynes chapter)
Digital Convergence
Digital convergence is the combination of mediums that form a larger, more effective media type. The acronym ITTCE encompasses exactly what Digital Convergence is about. It stands for Information Technologies, Telecommunication, Consumer Electronics, and Entertainment. A good example of digital convergence is the cell phone. Originally, phones were used simply to communicate verbally. Now, it has changed and transformed into something that is used for entertainment, work, communicating, as well as many other functions. Digital Convergence is one of the main factors to the cell phone becoming the "third screen". It takes multiple functions and combines them into the same device. They say technology advances at twice the rate of anything else, so it will continue to develop change our lives much quicker than one would think.
The convergence of multiple industries into one super digital industry. T.V., music, and information are now all digital and online so their industries converge into one. The advancement of the smartphone has caused these industries to converge, but the smartphone itself is an example of technological convergence.
Technological convergence
Technological Convergence is the tendency of different technologies to evolve in the same direction in order to suit the same tasks. When there is a demand for a certain service, it is often the case that more than one technologies can be used to deliver this service. For this reason, the same service can often be delivered by many different companies using many different technologies. For instance, with media, fiber optic cables, telephone wires,