New media to me is the type of technology or social media that’s relevant. A good example of this would be Tik Tok. People worldwide are using it and talking about it. This app teaches people a variety of things like how to cook to knowing how to check the oil in your car. It may seem very similar to Youtube but even now Youtube is starting to become older media. It goes back YEARS and has videos like “Chocolate Rain” that aren’t currently relevant. Since Tik Tok has become more popular, it has been a great way for companies to push out their ads and ideas. As soon as you open the Tik Tok app, you are greeted with an ad. As you scroll through, within 10-15 minutes you’ll get as least one or two more ads. This does not include the content of the regular Tik Tok you’ll see as you go through your “for you” page. There has been a few times where someone on the application will post about a certain product and within that same day it will be sold out. It’s interesting to see how this New Media affects everyone.
New Media – Chloe Fandetti
New media is a broad and vague term that encompasses any media that is new/current and delivered digitally. The newness of new media is everlasting. The media that was deemed new in the 1960s (educational broadcasting, filmstrips, transparencies) now seem old and outdated. Likewise, the media that is current or new today will become older in the future. In my life, social media sites such as Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, etc are all forms of new media. When I first downloaded instagram in 2013, it had only been launched a few years prior and was one of the most current forms of social media. Earlier platforms including MySpace, which was once the most visited social media site in the world, had become irrelevant and most young people have never used or heard of it. Over the past decade, Instagram has grown in popularity, but newer platforms such as TikTok have taken over. I’ve noticed that Instagram has been evolving into a platform designed for influencers and businesses to thrive, rather than the average person. I wonder, as new media keeps emerging, what Instagram will be like in the next few decades and will it still be as popular?
New Media
New media can be described as any form of media that is prevalent and new to society. New media is such a broad term because there are so many different categories that fall under the term. For example, new media started out as being different forms of broadcasting during the Cold War period and then transitioned to computers in the 1990s. New media is a term that is always changing and its meaning depends on the time period. In my life I have found that new media is most prevalent in social media. In 2013 the app Vine became a sensation and everyone was on it. During that time it was the app to be on and the face of new media. Once Vine shut down, the app musically was considered new media and everyone my age was on it. But it then grew to be unpopular so the new media for a video sharing app would currently be TikTok. TikTok is an app that almost everyone I know has and uses regularly and it influences so much of generation Z. It affects clothing trends, the way people talk, and the common content that people find funny. New media is constantly changing and can be seen from the rise of Apple products to different social media platforms.
Introduction – Grace Brogan
Hello! My name is Grace Brogan and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I am from Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania. I live there with my Mom, Dad, two younger siblings (Kate, 16 and Byard, 9) and my family’s two-year-old chocolate lab. I am planning on majoring in psychology. My hobbies include embroidery, photography, and reading. I also love watching good movies and listening to music. Some of my favorite movies are Promising Young Woman, Ladybird and 500 Days of Summer.
A photo I took in London
I photo I took as part of a project on school during a pandemic
Me graduating high school (yay!)
My dog Cooper
New Media- Bella Kjellen
New Media illustrates a form of communication which relies mainly on computer and digital forms to distribute its content. One example of New Media I have encountered in my day to day life is through the online media platform YouTube. YouTube is a platform where creators, companies, instructors, and other individuals can share video content. Lisa Gitleman notes that there is no description for what could be considered “old media”. She depicts that New Media “is a tag for present mindedness”. I personally find that YouTube is a great example of this in our society. The platform itself features thousands of videos from across the world, published today back to almost 20 years ago. An immense amount of our culture, information and identity, in the form of saved memories, are presented through this method of communication and is constantly updated due to its accessibility. While we continue to post what is relevant at the time, whether it be informing one on the current social status of our country or merely “vlogging” one’s day, this shift can be identified through platforms such as this as it holds access to and gives the ability to present “present mindedness”.
New Media-Marielle Dibbini
It is clear that the media has evolved over the course of the last several decades. Our parents’ and grandparents’ view of the media is quite different from our generation’s view. The prime example of “new media” today is social media. Information is shared through networks such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, Twitter, and many more. This information can consist of the daily news and span all the way to hair styling tips. Younger individuals who do not want to read the newspaper are able to see instagram posts or watch TikTok videos. Lisa Gitelman explains, “To study new media today generally means to study the contemporary moment,” on page 130. People living in Virginia are able to see specific moments from other people all around the world through photos or videos that they display on social media. Although this might seem very ordinary now, this was unthinkable to previous generations.
New Media: Grace Brogan
As the text points out the concept of new media is unique in its ever changing nature and exists constantly in both directions in regards to time. I think that in this current age the first “new media” to come to mind is social media. However, despite the fact that I think many people would still consider it to be new media, it also exists in this unique old and new space in time simultaneously. By this I mean some forms of the “new media” of social media can already feel quite old to us, as is a given considering the fast paced nature of life on the internet. For example the once very new and popular Facebook has mostly fallen out of fashion, with younger crowds preferring Instagram or Snapchat. Even with these two platforms as the new “new media” regarding social media, they are both approaching a decade in age and vary greatly from their original forms. With constant updates it is possible for these platforms to hold the unique space of both old and new as described in the text. Although the concept of social media as we now know it and it’s corresponding platforms are getting older, frequent updates allow for social media to maintain its current status as new media.
New Media: Gwen Savidge
The term new media is all relative to the generation that is using it. For our generation, new media can be shown as technology or even as social media. For example, whenever Apple releases a new iPhone or the new MacBook, it is essentially new media. The old media is large desktop laptops and landline phones when the new media consists of laptops and cellphones. Just like the reading stated, while new media and old media are overlapping and entangled, new media continues to improve the way of life by being able to connect people and assist people. In addition to advances in technology, the advancement of social media continues to draw people in with apps such as Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram. As these apps continue to evolve, more people get hooked from the old media such as Facebook to the new media. While some people are afraid of the new technology, it is critical in order to survive and to keep using our resources. We must evolve and bring new media and sustainable media into society.
New Media-Zoey Zeng
In my opinion, media is a platform to share information that is related to different areas including personal, social, cultural, political, economic, and global contexts. I think the “New” is means that the definition of intermediate that can share value and information is keeping update with the development of society and technology. New media plays important role in recording, investigating, and presenting problems of culture and society. New media is also a tool for the government to show what they want the public to know. At the same time, it is one of the simplest ways for people to share their opinions, mood, and experience. Take Weibo, an application like Twitter in China, as an example. You can search some hottest hashtags to know about different things that happen in different areas around the world ever day, which is convenient. You can see people have different perspectives toward the same thing. They may debate or even assault others by word. Since no one knows who you are, people are more willing to express their opinions and establish virtual person in digital world. However, because of the same reasons, they are easy to expose their bad side. They can hurt people inside by typing few words.
Keyword Post #1: New Media
Overall, author Lisa Gitelman suggests that the purpose of new media is “to study the contemporary moment” and follows the “perennial newness of media”. In her discussion of American exceptionalism, I was forced to contemplate both the advantages and burdens in our current climate of continual advancements in media. Significantly, I believe that “new media” contributes greatly to our ability to stay connected globally, however, for countries such as the United States, these capabilities in many cases have caused more harm than good. For example, I think of the 2016 election. Our present political social life is fraught with conflicting information and “snip-its” of headlines that make wild accusations of either side. Demonstrably, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter played a larger role in the lives of voters than ever before. Moreover, the U.S. Intelligence concluded through the Mueller Report that groups of Russians targeted voter registration systems or state websites in at least 21 states before Election Day and spread misinformation through popular social media platforms with the intention of “boost Trump’s chances and sow distrust in American democracy overall” (Time Magazine’s Abigail Abrams). Suffice it to say, current examples of “new media” through advancements in technology such as the Russian collusion can have significant effects on the essential systems of American society.
“Here’s What We Know So Far About Russia’s 2016 Meddling”: http://time.com/5565991/russia-influence-2016-election/