Friday, March 11, 2011

What is New Media?

New media can be defined as any media that can be transferred through digital techniques and technological computing system or data networks. New media can be consider as texting, twitter, facebook/myspace, blogs, and many other social networks allowing people to communicate more rapidly and efficiently. In the 20th century the phrase has been heavily adopted. Accessing information and streaming videos is easier with new technologies. The Internet has made new media more efficient and makes it more resourceful. New media has enhanced old media (television,radio,newspapers) , by allowing the old media to interact over the web. Old media is being incorporated with new media allowing it to be improved.
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