《融合：新媒體技術(shù)研究國(guó)際期刊》于1995年由當(dāng)時(shí)的盧頓大學(xué)（英國(guó)）媒體、藝術(shù)與設(shè)計(jì)系的成員創(chuàng)辦，并于1997年成為季刊。2006年8月，盧頓大學(xué)成為貝德福德郡大學(xué)。它由SAGE出版物出版。自2005年以來，期刊的編輯職位一直由貝德福德郡大學(xué)和桑德蘭大學(xué)共享，而編輯網(wǎng)站和電子郵件仍由貝德福德郡主辦。匯合邀請(qǐng)發(fā)表有關(guān)多媒體、性別和技術(shù)、衛(wèi)星和有線、控制和審查、版權(quán)、電子出版、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、媒體政策、互動(dòng)性、教育和新媒體技術(shù)、屏幕界面、虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí)、技術(shù)和藝術(shù)實(shí)踐、聲音/音樂和新技術(shù)以及媒體理論的論文。2月和8月的問題通常是客席編輯的主題問題，而5月和11月的問題是由編輯團(tuán)隊(duì)編輯的一般問題。

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.