My New Media Class - So Far

There is a wide range of technologies that are part of new media, it can vary through different platforms from the Internet, entertainment, news, advertising industries to the incorporation of communication technologies. New media involves technologies like blogs, Flickr, Yahoo messenger, E book reader and Ezines etc. New media technologies have revolutionized our daily lives.

Internet is the most crucial part of new media. The new media technologies which we're using nowadays would't be accessible without internet. Internet has brought everyone closer and has enabled us to communicate through blogs, wikis and online social networking sites . internet has helped new media in bringing the society closer and has allowedthe consumers to come online to present their opinions.

One of the biggest reasons why old media is being replaced by new media is because of the speed that new media functions in. New media is much more faster and developed from newspapers to Stamps, from Radio to Books to E books everything is getting faster and more advanced. New media is easy to access, convenient to use, globalized, promotes interactivity, it has revolutionized out quality of life.

Interesting article about the new media being used by the jurors

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/us/18juries.html?_r=1&ref=internet