Convergence Culture Review

Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide by Dr. Henry Jenkins was a surprisingly fun read.  From grassroots politics vs. big-moneyed campaigns to transmedia storytelling and consumer participation, this book covers everything. I'm really excited about future possibilities.  Everything from Obama's grassroots campaign led by tech savvy volunteers to Joss Whedon's reaction of Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog to the writer's strike is affected by the convergence culture.  Yet, as often happens with books addressing trends in technology, this book published in 2006 is already out of date as it does not address media so monumental as Twitter and its instant effect on news.  See today's NPR story about Twitter: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103221268