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 * My Lab Assignment #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**===

Shiels, M 2008, 'Obama uses iPhone to win support', BBC News, 3 October, viewed 16 June 2009.URL: []


 * Response...**

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 * The definition genre is not as applicable to the formation of digital genres as they exist today because technologies now are made up of a combination of genres. The digital world is one that is always growing and changing, unlike the past genres which described a specific style or theme to classify various systems.
 * An example of how genre has took a whole new meaning, was the creation of the cell phone. At first the cell phone acted just like a regular phone, but just mobile and then eventually text messaging followed, but wasn’t the main purpose of phones. As time went on, the cell phone turned into “smartphones” or even branded phones like the “iPhone” or the “Blackberry”.
 * Barack Obama was one driven character that used his charismatic energy into everything he did to get where he is today. Obama took advantage of the culture embracing the digital genre; due to the evolution of traditional genres preceding the iPhone, such as the newspaper, the radio, and the television to get his message across to the widest audience in America. His initiative gave himself a sense of interaction as you could receive information on the election from several outlets; news articles, photos and videos. The iPhone app is an example of convergence of the newspaper, radio and television.
 * With the mobile phone being so powerful now, and having so many different uses, it does question the future of digital genres on how one thing can do so much as a collaboration of different genres. I believe that because of how global and universal technology has become to close the gap on the digital divide, it has made genres obsolete because in today’s society more is better and everybody is trying to get the most “bang for their buck”, therefore having all these different genres incorporated in one, is a must to stay competitive.