web-enabled cell phones

In this talk, Dr. Mayer-Patel explores some of the barriers to media convergence and characterize when and why convergence can be successful and when and why convergence is likely to fail. In doing so, he articulates a new model for thinking about the future of multimedia which he calls "confederated media".

Professor Freeman discusses several of the local (historical, regulatory and technological) factors shaping Internet development in Japan, and evaluates their potential impact on Japanese democracy, especially their role in the creation of an active, literate and participatory information and civil society.