The Next New Thing

The internet movement toward live-streaming has brought forth Internet TV for the masses. It is my prediction that Live Internet channels will be an eventual form of new media. The increase ease of recording and streaming on the internet would allow for individuals or groups to form their own channel on the internet similar to a TV channel but it is controlled by smaller focus groups rather than large network corporations. For a quality internet broadcast, a good internet connection and a fairly decent computer is recommended. The advancements in computer hardware and internet connectivity can make this movement feasible. Television networks will expand into online broadcasting as well. Internet channels will allow for a wide variety of content for viewing. People will be able to look for content by other viewers more easily and not be limited to just television produced material. This can open up new opportunities such as web shows or establish a new medium for discussion and communication in place of other new media such as internet forums or boards.

Our Class Wiki - So Far

I assigned myself to contribute to the New Media & MMORPG's wiki page. I paid careful attention over the past few months to news revolving MMORPGs to see important developments and how it has impacted new media. I updated the list of MMORPGs with some refined details and cleaned up some links. I also cleaned up some grammar errors throughout the page. Some additions to the page include an example for recent virtual crime in EVE online, and a case reference to show how valuable the virtual world can be in terms of virtual property value in Entropia Universe. MMORPGs generally are quite similar to each other and there hasn't been any dramatic new form of MMORPGs recently. MMORPGs play a significant role in New Media and it will continue to do so in the future.

About my Term Research Paper

This research paper was quite interesting. I used Google Scholar to search for my scholarly sources and I utilized several major technology websites to aid me with my paper. I felt I knew a great deal about present day lifecasting but I was able to learn more about the history of lifecasting as well as many other sites that play a major role in lifecasting. I personally chosen this research topic because I was fascinated by the online community of websites such as Justin.tv. To be able to see various broadcasts and how individuals lifecast made me want to learn more about how it started. After further research, I have learned how great of an impact it has made on old and other new media. It has impacted television, radio, social networking sites and more. Live-streaming casts will become more popular. Lifecasting is broadcasting style that will continue to evolve and grow in the future but I do question how deeply engrossed humans will be with the internet and lifecasting.