In one segment, Jenkins states that we may be forced to deal with having so many functions added to an appliance that it will decrease the ability for that appliance to “serve its own function.” Do you think that text messaging, Internet access, and games have really decreased a cell phones ability to make calls, or does he mean that it has just made it more difficult to figure out how to make a phone call with the variety of functions available? Also, what are some other technologies that have evolved in this way besides the cell phone and computers?
I agree that there will be no single black box that directs media flow to one house...at least not in the near future. As the book says, convergence isn't about ending the process, it's about the continuing process of media evolution and keeping up a certain level of competition. New concepts of media are constantly coming about. If every time a new idea was introduced, would a new black box come out? Would there be a central control station for all black boxes that you could add information to? How do other people feel about the topic?
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