Class Direction and Paper Topic Proposal

Given the fact that I knew very little about digital convergnce, its'conception, meaning, or application, before this course, I feel that our paper should be a syntheis of the past, present, and future of digital media convergence. With the broad scope of our class definition and the various meduims of digital convergence that we are exploring in class, coupled with the depth of information and unbridled scope of possibilites, I feel that a simple paper on one specific topic would do digital convergence an injustice. I propose that the paper use the following format: Each team member would take a particular aspect of the paper-history, present, future and the remaining member(s) would find and implement examples of dital convergence within the paper. I also think that it would be interesting if we could present our papers using digital convergence to the class to actually apply what we have learned and studied. The paper and presentation should be seamless, as if one person prepared the entire assignment, yet it should exlemplify all of what we would have learned digital convergence to be.
I think this direction is very important given what Mc Laughan states on pg 3 that "Convergence occurs within the brains of indiviual consumers and through thier social interactions with others." Is this true? Can we as a class/group prove that convergence occurs within the brains of consumers or is it shaped and driven by the media as some assert? What do you think?