Saturday, September 6, 2008

New Media Definition

New Media --from my perspective--refers to media that is
  • digital (e.g,the internet, TV broadcasting, satellite radio)
  • distributed digitally (e.g., via the internet, TiVo, XM radio)
  • by-and-large interactive (e.g., online social networking, online gaming, course management systems, Google Earth, YouTube, blogging)
  • accessible (e.g., Web 2.0)
  • created and consumed by large chunks of society (e.g., software--like Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Flash--that are not highly technical nor specialized)
  • a combination of sound, text, pictures, video (see all examples above) in non-linear ways

These ways of creating, distributing and consuming new media occurs within many various discourses and discourse communities.

1 comment:

Jenny said...

I appreciate the many components you have woven together for your definition of new media. The examples you've provided also help to illustrate the kinds of contexts and uses to which these are put. Additionally, your emphasis on design, production, distribution, and consumption fits well with Sorapure's (and Manovich's) arguments, as well as the definition constructed on wikipedia.