How can we describe "new media". In my opinion the new media is the new technology today that generally have made the "old media" digitalized through advanced technology (such as laptops, smart phones, and of course the internet) and as a result made it more interactive for us people.
The "old media" such as books, radios, newspapers and magazines have been replaced by this new technology. Rather than flipping a page in the NYTimes, we are able to read the news on the internet. And we are also able to leave comments on these articles as a way to share our ideas with other people.
What the new media has also allowed us to do which I find amazing is being able to catch shows online. When I'm in school all day and I know I am going to miss a show, I can watch it on the internet. “For network television shows the best places to start are their home Web sites, including ABC.com, NBC.com,CBS.com and Fox.com, where shows are posted usually within 24 hours of being shown on television” (Holson, Who needs a TV? I’ve got a laptop). Also, I am a huge sports fanatic and when I know I can't watch games on a television (usually soccer games) because I don't have a channel, I am able to stream it online! It's incredible what this new technology allows us to do. And as I'm watching the games on these websites, I am able to share opinions about it in a chatroom with random people I meet online.
In an article, Heffernan says "In the ’90s, “magazine” was a pacifier — a word like “bookmark” to keep us quiet as we acclimated to life online. But now that we are here, Slate and Salon are communities and producers of influential articles; they’re not really magazines. Two online things — TheHuffington Post and The Daily Beast — don’t call themselves magazines. HuffPo is “an American liberal news Web site and aggregated blog” and The Daily Beast offers “curated news aggregation plus original reporting and opinion.”" (Heffernan, Articles of Faith). One of the things about the new media is that the news is not only reported by big companies such as the NYTimes but now anyone can go make a blog and report the news themselves. The ability of social networking has allowed us to report and share our ideas and thoughts to everyone using websites such as twitter, facebook, or even this very own website right now! We are having an online class through blogging! This is an example of new media! I still find it strange but I guess it does make things easier for us all who just want to sit at home and read in peace rather than in a classroom with students and a professor.
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