The Internet And New Media

The internet has revolutionized the modern world like no other invention has before, except perhaps, electricity. The internet allows sharing and collaboration to take place between people on opposite sides of the globe. Vinton G. Cerf, often called the “Father of the Internet”, admits that when the original idea of an “intranet” was in its infancy, there was no possible way to imagine all of the ways we would come to use it (NDTV, 2013).

Throughout the years the impact of the internet on society has evolved in many different ways. Since the creation of the internet its purpose in society has also evolved in various ways. At its simplest the internet is a tool that can be used for communication. As many of us know the internet is a flexible tool unlike any others that one can shape to fulfill their vision. In recent years the internet has emerged as a major source for information entertainment, and news, and other various means of communication. The internet has revolutionized the way in which the media operates. The media uses the internet as a tool to get information to the masses. Before the internet

“Over the last two decades, our view of mass media communication in modern society has been extensively reconfigured by the “new media” applications stemming from the rollout of digital technologies. In so many different ways, the digital media has come to be seen as the definitive technology of our times. The powerful combination of mechanical calculation, electronics, binary code and human language system touches us in almost every aspect of life” (Athique, 2013). Media in general plays the main role in our lives as a main source of any kind of information. As long as times are changing the ways of learning, reading and sourcing information are changing as well. From the 19th and particularly from the Web 2.0 (starting from the year 2000) the main role of sourcing started occupied by digital media. The term ‘Web 2.0’ came into use after 2004 conference. Web 2.0 suggest second generation of technologies and represent ideas of participation and interactivity, the sharing of data, content, and platforms, encouragement of innovation through such sharing and networking, with software (Gorman and McLean,2009). Examples include blogging, podcasting, forums, wikis and various open source initiatives.At the beginning the main ways of ‘informing’ and learning were only available through publishing media (books, newspapers, journals), later on, radio (1895), (Briggs, 2011), have been added to these sources, then television (1925), (Bellis, 2015), and finally internet

Although some might argue the internet helps us better understand the world around us, Charles Seife and Danah Boyd and , I think that the internet has narrowed people’s opinions and has divided/polarized us. In their works “The Loneliness of the interconnected” and “inequality” Seife and Boyd explain the problem with the media and how it has changed people drastically.

In recent years our society is seeing first hand the evolution of new media. From the inception of the Internet, what followed was a whirlwind of progress in

We are at this era where we can sit and type something out which could be accessed by anyone who is online. New media such as blogging, social media and the internet creates this possibility.

In the contemporary times with the advent of the internet, the high technology mass media also known as new age media has come into

During the electronic age, the public sphere seemed to be unsupported by media such as radio, newspapers and magazines as they were too passive and excessively focused upon advertising and marketing (Macloughlin, 2015). The internet of the other hand offered a far more active voice to people around the globe enabling anyone with access to a computer and the internet to benefit from online communication and engagement.

Ito’s 2008 study on the presence of media in the lives of young people further elaborates on this: “In both friendship-driven and interest-driven online activity, youth create and navigate new forms of expression and rules for social behavior. In the process, young people acquire various forms of technical and media literacy by exploring new interests, tinkering, and ‘messing around’ with new forms of social media” (Iko). Social media strengthens interactions amongst the entire population, even allowing citizens of less fortunate countries to participate in discussions varying widely in topic. Information is more readily available than ever before.

The world has become a much smaller place thanks in part to the creation of the internet. Now, we are able to communicate and interact with larger and more diverse groups of people than we were able to in the past. We are no longer confined to the physical space which we occupy, but we are free to become members of a global community. Thus, we are exposed to various people, cultures, identities, and conceptions of the human that we were ignorant to previously. At the same time, the internet also drastically revolutionized our relationship with the media. As discussed by Henry Jenkins in his book Covergence Culture: Where New and Old Media Collide, the relationship can no longer be accurately described as one between “media producers” and “media

Today, technology and the media are unlike anything anyone could have ever imagined fifty years ago. In 2017, technology is defined by the user and how it can change lives for the better. With new advancements in medicine, allowing for increased lifespans, AI is making the roads safer to drive on and making menial and advanced jobs routine and unmanned. People today also have a connection around the globe. The internet lets everybody peer into history, current news, how other cultures live and gives them the ability to connect with friends, relatives, and strangers that they may not have ever talked to. Today, there are several social media providers to use to connect with others,

The film “ Digital Nation” is an exploration of diverse people's views on digital media, in today's world. Some of the most important topics were on the virtual world, and the pros and cons of technology within different groups like gamers, students, families, teachers, administrators, children, military and businesses, as well as the experience of general people. In the movie, Prof. Sherry Turkle said, “Technology challenges us to assert our human values. Technology is not good or bad, is powerful, and it is complicated which means first we have to figure out what they are”. Currently, technology has taken over, wherever one, goes one will find it. Over the past years, social media in particular have spread worldwide; from Facebook to Instagram. There is constantly something new, extra advanced and creative. Overall, the technology has evolved the way humans interact with each other. In particular, technology influences by motivating students towards learning, saving time, building literacy and communication skills.

Over the generations, media has changed the everyday life of human beings. Even as early as the mid 1800’s when the Ku Klux Klan was formed, the public opinion swayed us to make decisions based on what everyone else thinks. Movies, social media, public gatherings have all made the public watch what they say and who they say it around. There may not have been social media like there is today back in the 1800’s, but people were still influenced by others over certain topics. Opinions on certain things use to get one in a lot of trouble, and just looking at the wrong person could get one killed, which is still present nowadays. Consider politicians, one vote has the power to change everything. One negative comment made on social media can change a whole election, a whole term. The power of changing the future is really in

In today’s world Internet has become one of the most important mediums of communication. It has become the lifeline of our survival. It has removed the entire social, economic and physical barrier and has immense effect on our day to day activity.

Traditional media intrinsically required negligible input needed from audiences. Social media has progressively made it easier for audiences to access information globally. With the increase of Web and decline in cost of appliances with web access such as phones, ipads, notebooks, computers etc it has never been easier for individual to create videos and blogs and make them viral to a worldwide audience within a matter of minutes, this removed the need for traditional media producers. However audience generated media has its drawbacks due to the lack of mass. We can all generate a message on the internet through different means such as social networks or blogs but this utopian view is unrealistic as grounded media outlets make it laborious for your message to have an impact. However this is not always the situation and the few who do manage to get their opinions heard show us the true pulchritude of how a single individual can create an international audience.