''Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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that covers the fields of

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and

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. The current editors are Sarah Aitkinson ( King's College London) and Helen Kennedy (

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). It was founded in 1995 by Julia Knight and Alexis Weedon (

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) 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, dana boyd, Mette Mortensen, Simone Murray, Kate Pullinger, T.L. Taylor, M Whiteman, Andre Caron, Jay Bolter, Henry Jenkins, Mark Deuze, amongst others.

Abstracting and indexing

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* Film and Television Literature Index *

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