Unit 26: Application of converging technologies within a digital design proposal

 D1: Evaluate the Evolution of Historically Large Corporations to Meet the Challenges of a Converging Media Market In this report, I will be explaining how large companies have expanded to cover different media industries. I will also show my understanding by showing how this effects my media product. First of all, I will clear up a few key media terms. Conglomerate companies are large organisations that own smaller companies (we call these subsidiaries). Horizontal integration means that a company may choose to market their products across different media subsidiaries. Vertical integration is when a company controls the production, distrubution and exchange of a media product.  Now that I have explained these terms, I will use them in this report . Disney is a great example of a company expanding to meet the challenges of a converging media market. Because of globalisation (we can produce, consume and distribute products on a global scale thanks to the internet) and the evolu...

 D2: Critically Evaluate How the Negative Impacts of Converging Technology Will Be Minimised Within the Proposed Campaign In this blog post, I am going to explain how my robot uses converging technologies. I will talk through how I can prevent my robot from working incorrectly.   My HELP-R 5000 robots are going to be used primarily in the public service industry. My robot is going to help not only businesses, but also those struggling by walking around public spaces. My robot will have different modes you can select so they are suited to the business’s needs. You can select the following modes (you can choose one or several):    Clean the environment and pick up litter. Help signpost the homelessness to shelters, those struggling with mental health and domestic abuse to services and offer them essential information. Patrol the streets and help the police combat crime by live video recording a crime and sending the GPS location to the police. T...

 M2: Compare Traditional Media Job Roles With New Emerging Job Roles In this report, I will be explaining how the development of technologies has expanded the job sector. I will compare older roles with the emerging job roles in the media industry. I will explain what each job role does and how it relates to my media product. Hard skills and soft skills refers to what skills you need to get a job in the industry. Hard skills refer to the programmes and technical aspects you know. For example, a graphic designer would be able to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Soft skills refer to your personality of the person. For example, I can say I am ambitious, hard working, great at multitasking... Traditional Job Roles:      Project Managers   Project Managers became a job in the 1960s. In this traditional job role, you are expected to lead the team by creating a plan and keeping them organised. Project managers create GANTT charts and other planning documents, organ...

 P9: Explain How Your Feedback Could Help You Develop Your Product   Here you can see the responses I recieved after presenting my HELP-R 5000 robot idea. I created a Google Forms survey so that I could collect their responses after the presentation. Overall, you can see that my feedback is positive. I presented to a few people in my media class who are taking the same course and my teacher.   The participants of the survey enjoyed my presentation, they believe my robots are possible in the future and if they were business owners they would buy my product. They also liked my idea but believe it is very ambitious and more suited for future generations and that my presenting was very thorough and presented well. Two out of three responders believed my HELP-R 5000 robots appeal to my target audience of large businesses.  To improve my product, the responses say that I could create a smaller version of my robot, I could create a prototype. Another person wrote "It would ...