CONVERGENCES

When I first started reading this assignment I thought it was going to be completely different from what it ended up being, in a good way. I really enjoyed the whole idea about media and the arts portraying the same messages in different ways. I really like how they related this idea to the way men propose to women. There are silent attempts where the man simply holds out the ring. There are flashy public attempts where the man proposes somewhere everyone can view them. Then there's the romantic attempts where a woman finds the ring hidden in her chocolate cake. All these have the same message in mind.

They also talked about how the media, movies, songs, poems, really anything delivering a message, strategically outlines their plan before they deliver it. I liked that you can actually analyze movies and books and find deeper meanings. It made me think about what I see everyday. I really understand the word convergences now because of the example about how a movie can be completely different from the book it came from, but in the end they still have the same basic idea.

I also liked that they informed us about how now things can be modified and that the media paints the picture they want you to see not what actually happened. As the audience we need to at least be aware that we might not be seeing the whole truth.

The whole idea about reading things that aren't the printed word sounds very interesting. I think it's a more modern attempt at learning how to analyze things deeper. I also think it will be much easier to relate and think about the deeper ideas when they're not simply a book or novel or a reading.