Convergence

Henry Jenkins stated that convergence is the act of sharing information on several media platforms (Jenkins, 2004).It can also be used to describe the technological, industrial, cultural, and social changes. In photography, one device can be used for literally everything: a smart phone.

Photo by Jordan McQueen on Unsplash

People not only consume the media but they are become creators.

This has therefore promoted the participatory culture are anyone can create content.

Rise in Prosumer

The role of old media is not being set aside but it is rather changing according to the evolution of technology. Photosharing happens to be a good example of convergence culture (Serafinelli, 2018)

Examples of photosharing platforms are Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest and so on,

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