The idea of “new media”, a term that has seen many definitions since the inception of media, is extremely intriguing. While the term was coined during the Cold War, it and the anxiety that comes with it has been applied to new forms of media throughout history. Over millennia, at one point or another, books, newspaper, radio, and television were all considered “new media”.<\/p>\n
Lisa Gitelman says, “new media is a tag for present-mindedness”. This is true – as ways of sharing media become more efficient through digital mediums, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok (among others), media can be consumed more easily and the world becomes better connected and informed because of it. I have seen first hand how social media has affected culture through influencing speech, pop culture, and providing awareness of social issues just to name a few ways. With all positive aspects of today’s new media come the anxiety about how it might negatively affect the world. Most of this criticism, in my experience, comes from traditionalists reluctant to the change the way they consume media. This divide between proponents of new media and those reluctant to accept it has raged throughout history. The omnipresent threat of obsoletism will cause new media to continue to evolve and I predict that we will see this divide continue to widen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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