Convergence in Technology The concept of a “global village” or a united community around the world has only in these last few years become a concept widely thought of. However, it seems that the idea of a large-scale sharing of information has long been developing, whether intended or not. The tools of communication have long served a single purpose, that of transmitting information from people to people. Direct communication was long ago realised with sign language and speech, but when people
Find and summarise (in no more than 1000 words) some of the work that has been done by Katherine Pistor and others on Convergence, Divergence and Path Dependency' of legal systems as it relates to International Corporate Governance. In recent years the issue of corporate governance has become a keenly debated topic in international finance. In developed countries, some of the biggest corporate collapses in history have brought about a change in focus. No longer are governments and lawmakers trying
of their culture if they instead opt to modernize and embrace information technologies? Or, will such a convergence of similar technologies gradually force more similarities between societies, potentially resulting in a loss of cultural distinctiveness? These are questions that concern me. In Society and Technological Change, Rudi Volti refers to these issues as being ones of convergence theory. He states that, “Although the world’s nations have different histories and cultural orientations
have a surplus or deficit of energy in parts of the heat budget. If you have a net radiation surplus warm air will rise, and a net radiation deficit will make the air cool an fall. Air gets heated at the equator because of the inter tropical convergence zone and rises to the poles. There the air is cooled and it floats back down to the equator where the process is repeated. Another major contributing factor to the circulation of the air is due to the subtropical highs. These highs like the ITCZ
character develops. It also shows a social and psychological issue that has been around for many years and how it only takes one person to change how a group thinks. I will attempt to answer the research question by using Bormann’s Symbolic Convergence Theory and Fantasy Theme. The goal of this paper is to “provide insight in the shared worldview of a group of rhetors” (Bormann as cited in Foss 121). I will also show repeated phrases that lead to different rhetorical visions. I will explain
Please answer the following questions. Bullet points are fine, should that be appropriate. 1. Using the Content/ Relationship axiom of Interactional Theory, evaluate a disagreement you have had with a best friend. Using the content/relationship axiom of interactional theory, a disagreement I have had with my best friend sheds light on the issues of control existing between us within a series of messages. This is following a punctual commitment to transporting other to their household given
Editors play a critical role in the content we read. In current society, with new technology and the inclusion of convergence, editors provide the essential difference between professional work and self-made fame. As such, having the knowledge of what is expected of books in this day and age could distinguish between a good editor and an amateur. It is important that editors are
They also believe that any convergence that we have seen stems from those in power enforcing their morals upon others, rather than a mutual agreement. My first response to this is that firstly, there is a great amount of moral convergence happening in the world right now. Of course there will be a few small exceptions, but generally speaking the world has rules things such as slavery, blood sports and cannibalism as ethically wrong. Just because moral convergence if slow, it does not mean that
radio stations in the country. Companies such as ANSA McAL, sought convergence to make them more powerful, profitable, and able to reach a larger viewing audience. This is a typical example of horizontal Integration. As information and entertainment became a major part of our culture, Guardian Media Limited sought and created ways to become more efficient in reaching viewers and turning a profit. The advantage of media convergence is, now the company can fully utilze the service of their news crew
advertisements are replaced with product placements and television is now on demand. This generation wants speed and efficiency when it comes to entertainment, which is why in this essay I will outline the positive outcomes of convergence and digitization in film and TV. Convergence is how institutions, audiences, and technology change in time, where as digitization is the actual process of converting analog information into a digital format (Evans, 2011). The media industry has definitely come a long
are disseminated by airwaves and wired internet connections to a wide array of consumers all over the globe. In order to be profitable in the media industry, one must be well versed in convergence, the process of bringing something together. Vincent Miller describes convergence in multiple forms, saying “convergence is a term that has been used in a
for different things. Convergence can be defined as the occurrence of two or more things coming together. On the other hand, divergence is the tendency to move apart or evolve in different directions. In the instance of modern-technologies and their use in the information age, convergence and divergence play a large role in how new products are manufactured and marketed. There are many examples throughout history demonstrating the evolution of products in terms of convergence and divergence. Evolution
“The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy deals with the crashing of the Titanic, and the iceberg it crashed into. Using different poetic devices, he expounds on his own personal feelings towards the demise of the ship. With the use of imagery, personification, diction, and setting in each section, the attitude contributed from the speaker forms itself around the story of the Titanic sinking. Instead of pointing out that the ship was at fault, he focuses on how the iceberg was built over time
rerun of Saturday’s show. Fast forward to today, media convergence has allowed for easy access to entertainment, a phenomenon attributed to rapid technological advancements and increased Internet access. Mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets (i.e. iPad, Windows Surface, Samsung), laptops and cable recording boxes, are a few of the technological advancements which have allowed for innovation in the accessibility of TV content
Morrison, 1997), an economical development model (Higgins, 1977), and a significant authoritative character (Albert & Whetten, 1985). The impacts of globalization on vital plans of action are both homogenizing ("convergence" school) and mixture advertising ("divergence" school). The Convergence researchers (Pascale & Maguire, 1980) hold that as the nations change their businesses, create establishments, embrace current engineering, and accomplish industrialization, the vital business conduct would get
economies for the analysis of convergence hypothesis. Economic growth strongly predicted by Solow model using exogenous technological change, capital deepening and short-run concave production opportunities, provides evidence regarding behavior of economies over time. The analysis shows that how economies, in the long-run, converge to the balance growth, irrespective of the initial capital endowments. The new growth theory contradicts with the statement of above convergence, hence divergence occurred
Convergence within telecommunication Telecommunication, people base on up to date technology the definition of the term encompasses primal. Throughout the 19th century, telecommunications devices became more advance, leading to the telegraph, Morse code, and signal lamps. Morse code is an alphabetic code of long and short sounds, originally transmitted by telegraph. A signal lamp, the optical version of the telegraph, is a powerful lamp with shutters that block the light in long or short durations
In Thomas Hardy’s “Convergence of the Twain”, he effectively uses poetic devices such as imagery, personification, and structure to explore the theme of man vs. nature, that is was man’s “vainglorious” that led the Imminent Will to its downfall. Humans remain ignorant of the fact that it was their greed that resulted in the death of those on the Titanic. Hardy used the structure of the poem in order to show that mankind will never be triumphant over mother natures will. The poem opens with the
and its major dimensions The definition of “convergence” is originally “the interlinking of computing and ICTs, communication networks, and media content that has occurred with the development and popularisation of the Internet, and the convergent products, services and activities that have emerged in the digital media space” (T Flew, 2008). Many economists consider this definition does not fully describe the scale and root nature of media convergence, since all aspects of our institutional and social
services. All the people have to recognize Tencent’s success, but very few of them notice Tencent has silently creates a Tencent media empire. Based on the theory of Media Convergence, today’s media empire has to act in three major ways. The general terms convergence that means two or more things come together. But here, convergence means "the flow of content across multiple media platforms, the cooperation between multiple media industries, and the migratory behaviour of media audiences” (Jenkins 2006)