Conlusion jenkins and three key take-aways

Today, we spoke about Jenkins conclusion and how he describes convergence as relationships between collective intelligence, media convergence and participatory culture. Flow of media content across several channels and consumers, who can produce content as “produsers” have changed the age of the internet. The same content is available in every channel. For instance, it is possible to watch series on TV, DVD, online or on-demand. Plus, the content can be consumed on different devices. But I’m asking myself, if it is still possible to extend all the opportunities for media consume. Particularly for younger generation, which grow up in the digital age? What is the scenario in ten years? Will everyone prefer to use Facebook and Twitter instead of real-life face-to-face conversations?

Concerning to the question, what I’ve learned in the class, it is quiet impossible to mention everything in one blog post. I’ve really learned a lot of interesting stuff. All in all, I would say the key take-aways for me were “convergence culture”, “niche culture” and everything around the “long tail”.

Convergence culture, especially in terms of Wikipedia was a very interesting field. All the processes and how it works, that so many users collaborate and put all their knowledge together in one pool, without any big problems. Through the Wikipedia-paper it was possible to examine everything around convergence culture.

Niche culture was interesting too. We all have a mix of specific interests. The class showed me, which wide spectrum of opportunites exists in the internet and that there is really a niche for everything. For instance, how Jason Scott makes such a big success with his niche.

The topic “long tail” was for example fascinating pertaining to all the concepts, such as the 1000 true fan theory, the niche culture and democratization of distribution and production through the internet.

Finally, I have to say, the class was very cool. Especially for me as an exchange student, I felt very well integrated. Thank you!