New media is expanding with the development of new technologies. One such technology is podcasting. In the article, Podcasts: New Twist on Net Audio by Daniel Terdiman of Wired.com, he describes podcasting as the new method of sending information to users via audio content in their media device such as an MP3 Player or the infamous iPod. Podcasting inevitably allows 'producers' to upload episodes of recorded audio to the internet for users to listen at their convenience away from the computer. Other technologies include internet services such as YouTube, applications on mobile devices, and more.
New media gets the community to connect to the internet and access articles, news, videos, and other content. YouTube has profoundly grown since it's launch. With an abundance of video content being uploaded constantly by the community, viewers in turn engage themselves easily in many ways. Clive Thompson of Wired Magazine referred to a online video that received thousands of replies from viewers that spurred creativity and collaboration among the community. New media is an evolved element of old media.
Three striking differences new media has over old media are instant access through use of the internet, personalization of content and user involvement. Old media consists of content that is primarily not connected to the internet such as television, radio, magazines, books, and more. Old and new media both present information to the people, however, interaction among the readers, viewers, and others are much more difficult with old media than with the help of newer technologies in new media. In addition, due to the speed of the internet, updates are much more frequent than sources outside of the internet. An example of how fast news travels can be seen by TMZ as described by Stephen Brook of guardian.co.uk, information gets posted instantaneously on their website of breaking news about celebrities. Users of new media can instantly involve themselves with the news by making a reply to an article or video. The interaction of users of old media is more limited without the aid of technology.
New media performs many functions of old media but with the aid of technology and the internet, people are able to get more personally involved and communication is promoted among others.
Your summary, "New media performs many functions of old media but with the aid of technology and the internet, people are able to get more personally involved and communication is promoted among others," summed up the whole idea of the New Media frenzy but still tied it into Old Media. It proves that old media is not entirely extinct but rather modernized. It makes me wonder where new media would be today if there was no old media.
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