Discourses in New Media

a lot of discourses surround this topic , the first being is new media really new? or does it only present an improved version of what was previously available. a point that was started in the lecture was that old media formats are used as a frame work to build upon new ones. so what we consider to be new is not new rather it has always been there and has just been modified. the advantages with new media is that unlike old media forms the products such as pc's and other such devices have become compact as compared to the products that were previously availbale. the transportation of data has also improved data and easily be imported and exported between different users and can be manipulated or edited. another benefit with using new media is that it is cheap to reproduce to a wider audience as compared to post, telephone calls or even conferences. new media such as the internet has enabled the users to have access to a range of multimedia, because on websites one can find text, videos, audio material and a range of other things such as games. games were one of the first types og media that were used as an interaction format between people. the level of interactivity has also changed ther are now different types and levels of interactivity on the internet. with services such as skype one to one free communication has never been easier, less interactive one to one formats like forums are still proving to be still popular with the advent of tservices such as facebook and myspace. despite this there have been some problems with new media especially the internet such as identity theft due to the use of alias names. new forms of internet such as wireless broadband have received complaints because of the loss of network or signal, these are problems that were limited when using cable broadband. in this we see that new medai has its benefits as well as pit falls.