My New Media Class- So far

As the semester has went on, and we have learned more and more about New Media, we are becoming very familiar with it's technologies. Some of these technologies that are part of the new media are flikr and picasa which took over photography and youtube which took over film. There are podcasts replacing radio and blogs replacing journalism. There are also e-books, hypertexts, and wikis replacing books. There are social networking sites that are part of new media such as facebook, myspace, twitter, and badoo.

Internet is essential to new media because it is where all of the above mentioned and more are taking place. In order to read a blog, you need to be on the Internet. To be able to catch up with friends on facebook or myspace, you need to be on the Internet. Everything I mentioned has to do with the computer, and being on the World Wide Web, as well call it.

I already explained how new media is replacing old media, but why is old media being replaced? Old Media is being replaced because technology is changing and being updated every day. We are finding out all new ways to accomplish things with using the computer and Internet, and since they are very important components to our world today, people use them for almost everything. So old media is becoming a thing of the past, hence the word old, and all of the new media technologies are more accessible on that thing we use everyday called the computer.

Cited Readings: Friedman, Linda. “Old Media, New Media.” 2009. Baruch College.