Friday, November 21, 2014

A New Golden Age?

When HBO and CBS announced that they were allowing customers to bypass traditional and go view entertainment directly front the internet, changes were coming to the TV industry. The author states that because of this, the world entered a new 'Golden Age.'

The author's argument in this article is that consumers now dominate the content creation process. He sources that more new content posted in one month on YouTube than was created by the three major television networks in the past 60 years. He also states that when HBO battles market shares, it will continue to change the way we share our stories, but also says that Netflix has already established this  by negotiating the release of new film both in theaters and streaming online.
Some strengths of this article is that he uses a bunch of evidences and backs it up with the resources he found them with (i.e Youtube and Netflix). He is also very good at transitioning from one paragraph to another by using words and sentences to don't complete his argument or fact but yet finishes it in the next paragraph to keep the readers interested in the article. He does not have any major weaknesses in the article.

The author constantly supports his main points with examples of how TV/Gaming companies are adjusting to the new lifestyles of the so called 'Golden Age' of the modern era. 
The evidence is convincing to me because the companies he talked about are companies I use often. I was a little bit confused on what he meant when he said the "installment of  Crouching Tiger, and Hidden Dragon." I didn't know if it was a reference to something or a certain form of word usage.

Overall I thought this was a well developed article over the 'Golden Age' that included many arguments and backed up his arguments with evidence/resources. 

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/digital-innovation-golden-age/




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