RS170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jean Baudrillard, Jediism
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Makes the world smaller (i. e. communication across the globe) A bombardment of information, not all of it credible. Relationship of producer and consumer anyone can become a producer (e. g. youtube) Convergence culture: convergence of producer and consumer; a much closer relationship. It is no longer simply that the elite make the products and everyone else consumes them. Writing before the digital world as we know it now. Global village: digital media brings us together to connect with people all over the globe. The form of media is more important than the information that goes into it. Many argue that we are now living in the global village, but others argue that we are actually more individualistic (i. e. we never need to leave our house; we shape the technology for our own purposes). Henry jenkins says this is another form of convergence, between the individual and the community leads to both possibility and problems.
