Write a short essay about the advantages and disadvantages of convergence. Decide whether you are for or against convergence and explain your reasoning.
What will be an ideal response?
• A few megacorporations now own and control most of the media industry, from film and music production to books and magazine publishing and social media. Analysts describe these types of mergers in the media industries as convergence, meaning that a melding of the communications, computer, and electronics industries has occurred. Convergence in the media industry has led to media concentration.
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a. true b. false
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