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New media is a broad term in Media Studies that emerged in the later part of the 20th century to encompass the amalgamation of traditional media such as film, images, music, spoken and written word, with the interactive power of computer and communications technology, computer-enabled consumer devices and most importantly the Internet. |
NEW MEDIA
Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible, and interactive. Some examples may be the Internet, websites, computer multimedia, computer games, CD-ROMS, and DVDs. New media is not television programs, feature films, magazines, books, or paper-based publications - unless they contain technologies that enable digital interactivity.
What distinguishes new media from traditional media is the digitizing of content into bits. There is also a dynamic aspect of content production which can be done in real time. An important promise of New Media is the "democratization" of the creation, publishing, distribution and consumption of media content.
Around the millenium "New Media" roughly ment "digitalized content" mainly focusing on internet technology and web multimedia. Today it is focused on mobile technology. Who knows what New Media will mean tomorrow?
So what are the top hits around the year 2010? The smart phones, tablets and the mini PCs: iPhone, iPad, and iPod, the Android Tablets like Adam and Galaxy, etc. The consoles like the X-Box, Playstation, Wii, PSP or Gamecube.
What does the future hold? Innovative display systems like 3D televisions, Virtual Reality Environments or Argumented Reality devices are already available and others are on the verge of commercialization: 3D Projections, Holotechnology, Haptic Communication, 4D Simulation, Holodecks, Spacepads and Virtuspheres are emerging. "New Media" is only starting...
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