Terminology Log 2016

A simple post; I will note the terms/concepts we encounter - and you should have noted in your terminology log - as we go through the year...

preferred reading (Stuart Hall - also negotiated/contested, oppositional)
intertextuality (term coined by Kristeva; the meaning of one text is tied to another, with knowledge of this required to follow the preferred reading) ... one common characteristic of ...
postmodernism (only briefly touched on so far)
convergence - coined by Henry Jenkins, one of the key academics associated with ...
web 2.0 (coined by Tim O'Reilly; centres on the blurring of the audience/producer divide at the heart of traditional production/consumption analogue models, including the early web; interactivity is now key)
Smule - an app which exemplifies convergence and the dramatic change digitisation and web 2.0 has brought: you can duet with a major artist...
Retromania - the title of Simon Reynolds' book considers the refusal of an older audience to abandon pop culture as part of the ageing process, PLUS the impact of piracy and devices such as the iPod (and now streaming services like Spotify) in easing the access of youth to retro media - has our music culture become conservative and backwards-looking as a result?