CCT300+Lab+2

CCT300 Lab 2 === Why is the definition of genre controversial and not so applicable to the formation of digital genres? You may use the iPhone as a case. === ===**Genre,according to online definition,** is to categorize the literature as well as various other forms of art or culture such as based on some loose set of stylistic criteria. The definition of genre is controversial since it changes over time as new genres emerged every second in the digital age. With the development of new technologies and the shifts of the trend, the use of old ones are discontinued, especially the digital genres. For example, iPhone can be seen as a technology convergence as the article mentioned. However, it is hard to say that iPhone is a new genre since it changes in terms of the both the creative application designer and the users. The convergence we are talking about here is the technology convergence but not the content conveyed. Others may argue that it could be a innovation genre according to the McLuhan's theory, medium is the message.===