Convergence, Ahead of Print. Scholarship on immersion in simulated environments often emphasizes cognitive immersion, or the suspension of disbelief that takes place in an illusionistic space that simulates reality, making the fact of mediation disappe…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Artificial Intelligence (AI) encroaches on new terrains of human activity by dint of its efficacy and an expanding ability to autonomously incorporate information from many disciplines and sources. In this paper, we focus s…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Virtual reality (VR) journalism has become one of the popular formats of journalism, where people experience presence, empathy, and immersion through VR technology in digital environments. Although the term ‘virtual’ may ap…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. In New Zealand – like in the US and UK – independently produced podcasts fall outside of local media regulations. New Zealand’s media laws and regulatory bodies remain broadcast and legacy media-focussed, so podcast content…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. In New Zealand – like in the US and UK – independently produced podcasts fall outside of local media regulations. New Zealand’s media laws and regulatory bodies remain broadcast and legacy media-focussed, so podcast content…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. The eSports industry is growing at a rapid pace. The expansion of streaming services such as Twitch and YouTube Live played an important role in this leap and greatly contributed to the rise in popularity of electronic spor…
Convergence, Ahead of Print.
Convergence, Ahead of Print.
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Kinwork is the maintenance of cross-household kin and family ties through both physical and mediated means and is a type of unpaid labour historically performed by women. However, changing gender norms, new communicative pr…
Convergence, Ahead of Print. Kinwork is the maintenance of cross-household kin and family ties through both physical and mediated means and is a type of unpaid labour historically performed by women. However, changing gender norms, new communicative pr…