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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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