What is the difference and tension between corporate convergence and grassroots convergence?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers could explore that these two forces--the top-down push of corporate
convergence, the bottom-up pull of grassroots convergence--intersect to produce what
might be called global convergence, the multidirectional flow of cultural goods around
the world. Answers could also explore the dichotomy between:
? the concentration of media ownership in the hands of a diminishing number of
multinational conglomerates that thus have a vested interest in ensuring the flow
of media content across different platforms and national borders.
? grassroots convergence--the increasingly central roles that digitally
empowered consumers play in shaping the production, distribution, and
reception of media content.
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As a result of European expansion into Africa,
A. the Mwene Metapa was entirely eliminated by the Portuguese. B. the economic conditions of the continent were unaltered. C. North African political regimes were toppled by French forces. D. internal conflict among native African groups was intensified. E. most Africans became wealthier.
Considering the causes that led to the American Revolution, make a case that the Articles of Confederation were a logical form of government for the revolutionaries to adopt.
What will be an ideal response?
The outbreak of World War I in 1914 was triggered by:
What will be an ideal response?
How did the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Soviet Union solve the problem of East Germans escaping to the West through Berlin?
a) They built the Berlin Wall. b) They got the British and French not to accept refugees from the GDR. Consider This: At this stage the Cold War was in one of its frostiest periods. See 14.3.1: A Bleeding Empire. c) They raised the GDR standard of living to the point where no one wanted to leave. Consider This: At this stage the Cold War was in one of its frostiest periods. See 14.3.1: A Bleeding Empire. d) They instituted formal restrictions on air and railway passage throughout the GDR. Consider This: At this stage the Cold War was in one of its frostiest periods. See 14.3.1: A Bleeding Empire.