Online MediaPublic content sites

• Which category do these sites belong to? It may be more than one! Consider whether they are audience or institution fed.

• 1. Social networking

• 2. File sharing (music, photos, film).

• 3. News reporting

• 4. Consuming TV

• 5. Game playing

• 6. Email

• 7. Consuming Film

• 8. Shopping

• 9. Chat/opinion

‘Convergence’

• the coming together of new media technologies.

• all of these websites are examples of Web 2.0.

• Many have converged uses and contributers.

• Many adhere to the ‘long tail’ theory & 6 degrees of separation.

• Most began as Beta versions.

• They all are focused on profit, either from subscription or advertising.