My New Media Class - So Far

There is no denying that the wave of New Media has come and that many people all over the world have accepted this wave into their everyday lives. New Media has introduced many new technologies for the modern day consumer and enhanced some modern technologies to increase the amount of convenience it allows the consumer to have. The main new technology that was introduced is the internet. The internet gives way to a whole new world of possibilities for both consumers and producers. It is the essential aspect to the wave of new media throughout the world. The internet allows people from all over the world to interact with one another and share common ideas. In a way it brings people closer together because, with sites like Facebook and blogger, people can voice their opinions as well as comment on other peoples opinions. For example, every day there are more and more people that release blogs about their political opinions, this being an election year. All of the people have different views on the two candidates that are running for office and with these blogger sites they can express themselves in a way that other people will be able to see. The internet is also beneficial on a consumer level. Online shopping has become a huge market recently and it rises every year. Especially during the end of the year where the majority of shopping is done in due to the holidays, online shopping allows consumers to find everything they are looking for at the push of a button without having to leave their homes. For the companies that are selling goods, the internet allows people from all over the world view their product and therefore they would be able to network their product to a much broader audience. New Media is enhancing old media in many different ways. With sites like youtube, ohmynews, and ovguide, people are able to watch movies, read the news and also stream videos a lot faster and for free on their computer. In addition, now that most cellular phones are able to connect to the internet, people can fulfill many aspects on the go and don’t have to depend on a newspaper or television as the only sources for media. In Robert Coovers New York Times article entitled “The End of Books”, he speaks about another aspect of new media that has taken over the old media. With programs and websites that allow people to read entire books on the web, books become to seem useless. For example itunes which is a program created by the apple corporation allows people to upload books directly to their ipods and read them off of the ipod. The convenience factor in doing so is what has made many people accept this and many other new media contents into their lives and, by doing so, forget the ways of old media.Though a lot has changed, for the better, in peoples lives due to this wave of new media it is my opinion that old media will never die out no matter how big the internet or an other new media technology gets.