Saturday, October 22, 2011

What is New Media?

New Media

Definition of Media

- media refers to various means of communication
- for example : television, radio, newspaper
- in computer world, media is also used as collective noun but refers to different types data of storage options
- for example : hard drive, CD-ROM, USB flash memory, floppy disks, CD-R, DVDs

Definition of New Media

- interactive forms of communication that use the Internet including pod casts, RSS feeds, social network, text messaging, blogs, wiki, virtual world.
- new media requires a computer or mobile device with internet access.

Benifits of New Media

- connect people with information and services
- collaborate with other people
- create new content, services, communities and channels of communication that help to deliver information and services


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