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Convergence (journal)

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Convergence
DisciplineMedia studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited bySarah Atkinson and Helen Kennedy
Publication details
History1995-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Convergence
Indexing
ISSN1354-8565 (print)
1748-7382 (web)
LCCN97034285
OCLC no.60629730
Links

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies is a Q1-ranked (ranking by Scimago) quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the fields of communications and media. The current editors are Sarah Aitkinson (King's College London) and Helen Kennedy (University of Nottingham). It was founded in 1995 by Julia Knight and Alexis Weedon (University of Bedfordshire) who edited volumes 1-23. The journal set the agenda for research the social and cultural implications of the new media technologies. First published by John Libbey Media, and then The University of Luton Press, it is now published by SAGE Publications.

It has published research by Amy Bruckman, danah boyd, Larissa Hjorth, Stine Lomborg, Mette Mortensen, Simone Murray, Kate Pullinger, T.L. Taylor, M Whiteman, Andre Caron, Jay Bolter, Henry Jenkins, Annette Markham, Mark Deuze, amongst others.

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