Editorial
Journal
JMM - The International Journal on Media Management
ISSN
1424-1277
ISSN-Digital
1424-1250
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2003
Author(s)
Wirth, Michel O.
Abstract (De)
The concept of convergence came into vogue in the 1970s (Parsons& Frieden, 1998, p. 11; Preston, 2001, p. 193). Thanks in large part to digital signal compression, the growth of the Internet, and regulatory liberalization, convergence strategies (technological, regulatory, market, industrial, journalistic, etc.) within the information and communication technology (ICT) industries became an across the board mantra, during the 1990s, leading to a large increase in mergers and acquisitions and to the formation of a myriad of convergence- based strategic alliances within ICT industries (Compaine& Gomery, 2000). The one clear result of convergence-based consolidation within ICT industries has been a move toward ever larger transnational corporations dominating the communications industry (Schiller, 2001; Gershon, 1997). However, the results of some of the most aggressive attempts to achieve communication industry convergence...
Language
German
Keywords
Convergence
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Publisher
Institut für Medien und Kommunikationsmanagement MCM
Publisher place
St. Gallen
Volume
5
Number
1
Start page
4
End page
6
Pages
3
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
9265
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