Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Convergent Journalism
Convergent journalism is the use of several different media types to produce a story for the people. The article written by Robert Niles was definitley an example of this. The article had stated that a number of media outlets from Southern California made use of Google’s My Maps application to inform the public about wildfires that had been occurring in the vicinity. The residents of Southern California, instead of having to wait for their news channel to report what locations were in danger, what injuries occurred, or where the fire was moving, were able to access all this information with the click of a mouse. It helped the public find out information that they may have been left in the dark about. The Google maps that we as a class produced, was an example of convergent journalism as well. We were provided with information such as names, hometowns, and majors, and were able to report it to the masses by placing the information in our maps.
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The response to the article an convergent journalism is very well written and thought out.
I think that Lindsay is correct in saying that our Google maps are an example of convergent journalism. I think the way she explains the fact that our Google maps show different information of our classmates through a very easy process links the maps as a great method of convergent journalism.
I really like the way you give the reader multiple opportunities to link to the page with the article.
good job! i liked how you defined convergent journalism, which is important for outsiders looking in.
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