Abstract 5

This article looks into the new world of converged media and how people today use it. Along with how people have transformed from doing things in the traditional way into new forms to make things quicker easier and cheaper. For example rather than meeting up with somebody face to face or sending them a letter we can send them a text message, an email. or have a conversation with them using the internet.

The article talks about how students are not just using technology differently today but are approaching their life and their daily activities differently because of the technology. A girl that is used as an example says that she uses the internet for 'checking her emails, talking to her friends, do online shopping, play games and look at things your really like, catch up with tv programmes and films' Showing how the internet has become an entire strategy for how to live, survive and thrieve in the 21st century.

The article goes onto mention about children with mobile phones that have cameras and how this is now a new form of sharing images rather than keeping photo albums photographs are kept in a folder on your phone.
Many young people exchange music as an expression of who they are, although some are paying for songs under the new schemes from apple and others, most of what is collected is exchanged for free. People are no loger going out to the shops to buy music.

Another example that is given is blogging being very popular amongst young people. Rather than teenagers writing their thoughts and feelings each day or week in a diary they post them online so everybody can see and can post comments.