My New Media Class – So Far

What kinds of technologies are part of the new media?

How important is the Internet to the new media?

Why and how are the new media replacing / enhancing the old media?

Well there are many technologies that are part of New Media such as Desk Top Computers, mobile phones, gaming systems, Laptops and even televisions are part of this. The internet is what really connects all of these things together though. The Internet is very important to new media. It allows easy access to all kinds of information and information can be easily changed or added. Like in the reading "IBM Learning Programs Get a 'SecondLife'" it talks about how people who are employed can change information about themselves and even their avatars. Their avatars can have anything they want but when it comes to some kind of serious meeting with the online avatars you can easily change their clothing and other things to make them less distracting to other people. New media is not really replacing all of old media but it is allowing old media to evolve and use new media. Books are one example of old media that is using the New media to sell and become read. You can get online books and get connected with everyone else who has that online book.

What is new media?

New media is everything that makes information easily accessible. Some examples of new media are blogs, myspace, even online shopping. With all of these things people can get information about almost anything quickly and easily. For example, if you are looking to fix any problems taht have to do with a computer or a video game console, you can google the problem up and most of the time you will get a link to blogs with ways to repair that problem of people who have had that similar problem.

Is online shopping new media?

I will research different online shopping sites, such as e-bay and amazon, and analyze their characteristics. I will look at how people shop,rate, and discuss the quality of online shopping and the products they are purchasing. Is there a connection between online shopping and everything else that makes up new media? This is the main question I am trying to answer.

New Media

New Media is everywhere and everyone is using it. People love it because its so easy to access, has so much information. Old media is trying to evolve by using New media to keep up with the Internet and blogs. There is so much competition for Old media that if it does not try and use new media to evolve then old media will become extinct and the only place you will see remnants of the old media would be in Museums.