I would add (luckily on am working on something convergence oriented this morning): Jenkins, H. (2004). The cultural logic of media convergence. *International Journal of Cultural Studies, 7*, 33-43. Zelenkauskaite, A., & Herring, S. C. (2008). Television-mediated conversation: Coherence in Italian iTV SMS chat. *Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.* Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press. http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/hicss08.pdf<http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/%7Eherring/hicss08.pdf> Lytras, M, Lougos C, Chozos, P, & Pouloudi, A. (2002). Interactive television and e-learning convergence: Examining the potential of t-learning. *Proceedings of the European Conference on E-Learning.* Academic Conferences International: Reading. http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:Nig8aar8p-IJ:www.eltrun.aueb.g... Mark Deuze, Media Work (Digital Media and Society). Hope these help. M On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 8:54 AM, RGL <rgmagnolia@earthlink.net> wrote:
I'd also recommend considering the following, keeping in mind that policy issues related to convergence also matter a lot, hence the Benkler reference.
B. Lentz, McGill University
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide (Hardcover) by Henry Jenkins
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom by Yochai Benkler
New Media: A Critical Introduction (Paperback) by Martin Lister (Author), Kieran Kelly (Author), Jon Dovey (Author), Seth Giddings (Author), Iain Grant (Author)
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