Weekly Reading (1)

After learning about convergence in Filak and Miller’s article, “College Media and Convergence,” I believe that the different campus media outlets have their own separate entities, so much so that they wouldn’t be able to converge. This was somewhat supported in the results that showed the different students’ thinking. If a newspaper student thinks much differently on the subject of convergence than a television student, I don’t think they would mesh very well. It could be possible if they were all working towards a common goal, but otherwise, I don’t think it would be good to converge. I’m sure they could learn to bounce ideas off each other in a constructive manner if they really wanted to mix, but I don’t think it’s a big deal if they don’t want to. I think that a big part of being a part of an organization is wanting to be a member and being passionate about it, so why converge when you’re only passionate about one campus media outlet?