Sunday, October 4, 2009

What is New Media?

New Media....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSP8xm_gaK4

It is a term for the many different forms of electronic communication that are made possible through the use of computer technology that emerged in the later part of the 20th Century. It is in relation to “old” media forms, such as print newspapers and magazines.

New media includes:

  • Website
  • Streaming audio and video
  • Chat rooms
  • E-mail
  • Online communities
  • Web advertising
  • DVD and CD-ROM media
  • Virtual reality environments
  • Integration of digital data with the telephone, such as Internet telephony
  • Digital cameras

There are five critical characteristics of the new media technologies: communication, collaboration, community, creativity, and convergence.

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