Digital+Genres

Why is the definition of genre controversial and not so applicable to the formation of digital genres? Genre is an important tool used in order for people to be able to hold on to semblances of order or being organised in the midst of all the chaos. However, it seems to be getting harder and harder to be able to maintain that order or genres in the digital world we are in and moving towards with a rapid pace. The iphone is truly a revolutionary device as the chairman and CEO of Apple Inc. likes to call the device. It is a multitude of things wrapped into one. It is a phone, an mp3 player, a compass, a GPS, a camera, and numerous other things. It has also proven to be an amazing tool to do practically anything one wants. The president of the United States is also using it in order to campaign and rally the masses for his elections. This does however pose the question of how a device simply meant to carry out communication between two people is now used as a device that is on the verge of making other devices obsolete. What genre would one put a device such as an iphone. This is just one of the issues that the new digital world is poses with its many gains. We are unable to make the clear cut genres we were once able to. It’s no longer a question of “sitcom” or “reality”, “rock” or “hip-hop”. It is beginning to transcend such ideas and go beyond that. As history has shown things around mankind constantly evolve and human beings are quick to adapt to these changes. 