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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Media Convergence"”.
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Media convergence, obscenity law and the Internet
… in technology has resulted in a climate of media convergence. Media convergence occurs when elements of previously distinctly separate media forms co-mingle to create new capabilities. Although there is no such thing as complete convergence as of yet, there is probably the closest thing to a …
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Examining media convergence : does it also converge good journalism, economic synergies, and competitive advantages?
… 2002): Those most experienced in it expect that media convergence will create good journalism, generate the effects of scale and scope economies, and achieve competitive advantages for converged news organizations. Based on theories of scale and scope economies, quality journalism's generation of …
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Playing on all screens: new understandings of film authorship in an age of media convergence
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2023-12-01
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Modeling participatory literacy (in your pants): An analysis of print and new media convergence in the Vlogbrothers' YouTube videos
… this dissertation examines how networked digital media can be used to speak to a young adult audience about the value of books, reading, and writing. Using a thematic analysis, supplemented by discourse analysis and visual analysis, this study constructs a portrait of two influential adult YouTube …
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Adapting To Change in the Swiss German Media Industry: Identifying and Developing Competencies Needed by Journalists and Editors To Cope with Future Market Needs - A Collective Case Study
<p>The global media industry has undergone a tremendous change and massive upheaval during the last two decades. On the one side, media consumption has changed immensely and on the other side, media convergence appeared, a phenomenon which describes the merge of different media production genres …
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Strategies of newsroom convergence: comparing UK and Chinese newspaper groups
This research examines media integration in China, choosing two Chinese newspaper groups as cases for comparative study. The study analyses the convergence strategies of these Chinese groups by reference to an Role Model of convergence developed from a literature review of studies of cases of media …
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Radiojornalismo diário em formato podcast: uma descrição analítica do Aos Fatos
… of Journalism, such as expanded radio and the mediatized listening experience (EME), in addition to radio journalism and podcasts as a new form of sound interaction. The work also aims to seek perspectives to understand the current state of radio journalism in the context of media convergence. …
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The management of transmedia production in an era of media and digital convergence
As the digital and media convergence era hits its full stride and media companies struggle to maintain profitability in sectors of the entertainment industry, the production of transmedia experiences is becoming more commonplace with the coordination of film, home video, gaming, merchandising, and …
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Turning The Page: Fandoms, Multimodality, And The Transformation Of The 'comic Book' Superhero
… increasingly becoming more affiliated with film media than comic books. The amount of revenue generated, the formation of new fans, and the interests of comic publishers’ parent companies all suggest that superhero film adaptations are the medium most associated with the superhero character. Such …
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SMARTGIRLS.TV: DISCOURSES OF ACHIEVING GIRLHOOD IN SCHOOLS, ON SCREEN AND ONLINE
… thus recognizes contemporary conditions of media convergence and also enables a consideration of the importance of context in producing objects of knowledge. I argue that common tropes circulate between popular, policy and local contexts to create endorsed identities and structured life …
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Impact of globalisation on the local press in China : a case study of the Beijing Youth Daily from 1981 to 2006
… and internal influences, the Party-state and the media as well as the media and the market. The central argument is that globalisation impacts many aspects of local newspapers including media policy, organisation, journalistic practice, journalists' roles and coverage of world news. Such impact is …
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Virtual Worldmaking: A Phantasmal Media Approach to VRChat
… contemporary social VR at a unique moment of media convergence and sociopolitical unrest, this thesis argues for more pluriversal negotiations of virtual realities through the lens of virtual worldmaking. Drawing from cultural theory and D. Fox Harrell’s phantasmal media framework, I unravel …
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Emerging Dynamics in Audiences’ Consumption of Trans-Media Products: The Cases of Mad Men and Game Of Thrones as a Comparative Study Between Italy and New Zealand
… of platforms through which multiple forms of media are deeply interconnected. In this multi-modal environment rich in on-demand content, audiences align with and take advantage of the options created for them by media companies. They operate as active users by processing various media texts at …
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An Evaluation of the Impact of the Digital Platform on Hard News Storytelling at the BBC and SABC Online News Sites
… These analyses are grounded on the theory that media convergence is a significant influencer in this changing space. This thesis finds that the context within which a news organisation operates is a strong influence on how it adapts digital techniques into the existing newsmaking practice. …
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How newspapers respond to technological change: a comparison between the UK and China
… investigates whether Internet technology and New Media innovations have been homogenizing British and Chinese press journalism, and, if not, in which ways and why they have responded differently. The basic assumption of the thesis has been raised from Fidler's mediamorphosis theory and it argues …
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Mapping corruption in Brazil: An analysis of the news portals and tweets (X)
Brazilian media have played a crucial role in exposing corruption, especially amid the pandemic crisis. Considering that, during Covid-19, the media became the main source of information for many Brazilians, with Twitter becoming a very dynamic platform for expressing opinions and discussing …
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Oh, What a Novelty! The Paradoxical Pop-Up Book
… achieved such a profound status in children’s media culture, by examining the under-researched phenomenon of the remediated pop-up book: the pop-up book that is reimagined within, and dispersed across, non book media. I employ Bolter and Grusin’s theory of remediation to demonstrate how the …
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New Media, Multiliteracies, and the Globalized Classroom
<p>New Media, Multiliteracies, and the Globalized Classroom contends that changing demographic diversity in American higher education and increasing globalization call for curricular and pedagogical transformation of writing courses. The writing curriculum for "globalized classrooms" should be …
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Participação política no facebook : do online à acção real : o caso de Portugal e Espanha
Esta dissertação está inserida na temática das redes sociais online e nas dinâmicas de convergência mediática, enquanto ferramenta de criação de uma inteligência colectiva e sobre a sua capacidade de influir na participação política. Tendo em conta o carácter diverso e interdisciplinar do tema, …