Convergence-The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

《融合：新媒体技术研究国际期刊》于1995年由当时的卢顿大学（英国）媒体、艺术与设计系的成员创办，并于1997年成为季刊。2006年8月，卢顿大学成为贝德福德郡大学。它由SAGE出版物出版。自2005年以来，期刊的编辑职位一直由贝德福德郡大学和桑德兰大学共享，而编辑网站和电子邮件仍由贝德福德郡主办。汇合邀请发表有关多媒体、性别和技术、卫星和有线、控制和审查、版权、电子出版、互联网、媒体政策、互动性、教育和新媒体技术、屏幕界面、虚拟现实、技术和艺术实践、声音/音乐和新技术以及媒体理论的论文。2月和8月的问题通常是客席编辑的主题问题，而5月和11月的问题是由编辑团队编辑的一般问题。

The refereed journal Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies was launched in 1995 by members of the Media, Art & Design Department at the then University of Luton (UK), and became a quarterly in 1997. In August 2006 the University of Luton became the University of Bedfordshire.It is published by SAGE Publications.Since 2005 the journal's editorship has been shared between the University of Bedfordshire and the University of Sunderland, while the editorial website and email remain hosted by Bedfordshire.Convergence invites papers on multimedia, gender and technology, satellite and cable, control and censorship, copyright, electronic publishing, the internet, media policy, interactivity, education and new media technologies, screen interfaces, virtual reality, technology and arts practices, sound/music and new technologies, and media theory.The February and August issues are usually guest-edited themed issues, while the May and November issues are general issues edited by the editorial team.