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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784484403321

Autore

Lawson-Borders Gracie

Titolo

Media organizations and convergence [[electronic resource] ] : case studies of media convergence pioneers / / Gracie Lawson-Borders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006

ISBN

1-135-60713-3

1-282-32705-4

9786612327056

1-4106-1714-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

LEA's communication series

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media - Technological innovations - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I: MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS AND CONVERGENCE; II: CONVERGENCE IN ACTION; CONCLUSION; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers a timely examination of technology's impact on media companies and the results of convergence among media industries, considering the effects on journalistic, business, and economic practices. Media Organizations and Convergence: Case Studies of Media Convergence Pioneers considers the many definitions of convergence and explores the changes in communication technologies. Author Gracie L. Lawson-Borders provides a brief history of media segments and their evolutions as they adapt to emerging technologies, media conglomeration, and the competitive and global changes th