What is New Media?

According to Wikipedia, New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Also called social media, the new media are internet-based technologies that characterize what we call the “5 c’s.” The “5 c’s” are communication, collaboration, community, creativity, and convergence.

Some kinds of technologies that are part of the new media are Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Badoo, etc. Many of these technologies are how people connect with one another and/or socialize.

Internet is very important to the new media because is basically like the motherload of it all. Without the Internet, none of the previously mentioned would be possible. Everything is done on computers now, you can even order a pizza online these days.

New Media is replacing old media, because everything that is and was tangible is all on the Internet now. Journalism is turning into blogs, radio to podcasts, film to youtube, photography to flickr, photoshop, and picasa. These are only a few of the many replacements of old media to new media.

Citings: Friedman, Linda. “Old Media, New Media.” 2009. Baruch College. 7 Sept 2009. http://bbhosted.cuny.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_187392_1%26url%3d