1. The web, while revolutionary, can only be used through certain devices, primarily phones and computers, which are not always readily available to everyone across the globe. Financial status, location, and demand all play a role in whether or not someone has the ability to be connected to the web. However, the web's influence plays a large role in all areas of society, regardless of people's connectivity.
2. Wikipedia embraces the idea of trust in your community and those like you, rather than blind trust in invisible authority. It allows for people to come together and create a world of information by the people and for the people through many forms of digital media convergence, like books, television, and scholarly articles.
3. The web makes digital convergence not only a possibility, but a necessity when using the internet. Television, music, art, and messaging are just a handful of what the web has to offer in regard to digital media convergence.
4. The internet gives anyone and everyone a voice to speak out against an authority and the ability to spread their messages all across the world. A somewhat recent example can be seen with the protests in Hong Kong against the Chinese government. The brutality of Chinese law enforcers against Hong Kong citizens was able to be revealed to the rest of the world through social media and news outlets. An injustice that could have gone unnoticed by the rest of the world was given a platform through the internet.
5. The change from vertical media authority to horizontal can be explained by the web's ability to give everyone an equal platform to speak out on, thereby leveling the playing field. Because of this, the possibility of digital media convergence is near infinite, as anyone can utilize both physical and electronic forms of media on the web.
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