What is New Media?

There are many types of technologies that are apart of new media. Software, cellphones, internet, websites, video games, and DVD'S are a few of many. The internet is crucial to new media. The internet is a place where you have access to almost anything you can imagine at your very own finger tips. It has no limits, and as technology advances the spectrum gets even larger. Things that could never seem possible are now possible with the internet. It allows people to rapidly share their ideas, discoveries, and opinions. It has great importance for businesses and expansion. According to the article " Eight business technology trends to watch" it explains in great detail the advances internet has. Internet and productivity tools provide leverage to desk-based workers and help managers exploit greater amounts of data to make more intelligent decisions and develop the insights that create competitive advantages and new business models. Another example is the article from CNN "English gets millionth word on Wednesday, site says". A site is actually able to establish a Global Language Monitor, a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate how often words are created. This is pretty remarkable. The internet is changing the world day by day.

 News Media is replacing and enhancing old media. For example, the amount of news paper and magazine subscribers has significantly decreased over the years. The internet is constantly being updated with information as well as giving its viewers visual descriptions of information with pictures and videos. According to the New York Times article Why Television Still Shines in a World of Screens it is exclaimed that television is at a height due to the constant desire to have video entertainment and information circulation . Things are more captivating and exhilarating when watching it on video.