Video Glossary: New Media

Posted on October 22, 2011 by | 5 Comments
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5 responses to “Video Glossary: New Media”

  1. joe fitting | October 22, 2011 at 10:50 pm | Reply

    New Media is a powerfull tool. Without any checks and balances it can be very dangerous. One should always be cautious of the source posting this information.

  2. Suana Mendoza | July 26, 2012 at 4:32 am | Reply

    I agree, the impact of the internet has grown immensely over the years. As professor Gaffaney said, “New media focuses on minute to minute developments.” It’s easily accessible, and an inexpensive way to view current events. For example, “If you want to know how a presidential candidates stand on federal support for higher education, the answers can usually be found by searching the Internet” (228). Also, professor Reece mentioned how our first media president Barack Obama broke many records using mass media such as: on-line contributions, ran an intensive campaign, and was the first u-tube presidential candidate. Technology is the wave of the future!

  3. olivia Nunez | July 27, 2012 at 1:42 am | Reply

    I agree, new media has grown immensely. It can be somewhat such a helpful thing. For example professor Gaffing mention, “New media focuses on minute to minute developments.” It’s easily accessible, and an inexpensive way to view current events. I think is important that new media focus on something new every other couple of minutes or hours it helps us keep our self-imform of what is going around the world. In addition, it has helped other country be more updated and actually open up to the media. I don’t think we will ever go back to old fashion media at all.

  4. Silvia Sanchez | August 2, 2012 at 11:39 pm | Reply

    New media has completely revolutionized the way society communicates and receives its news due to its speed, efficiency, and inexpensiveness. The fights for Democracy in the Middle East are a perfect example of the efficiency of new media. New media has become a powerful tool because of its ability to reach a mass audience instantaneously, and because of its reach towards a younger audience. Therefore a candidate who is able to reach younger voters might secure their votes for years to come.

  5. Daneeka Wood | October 14, 2012 at 2:45 pm | Reply

    I do agree that new media has definitely made such an impact on today’s society. Without the different types of media, more of the immediate kinds such as television, internet, and radio, we would be behind on what is going on in our world. However, how much of the new media is really a guide to steer us in the right direction? A majority of the television networks really just state their positions (i.e. republican or democrat) without giving the audience (us, viewers) the whole story, both sides, not just one. I do feel that the new mass media has gotten to full of itself, for example, our textbook states that when Barack Obama was campaigning for presidency, he went door to door in Iowa, meeting a few people. However, he had a camera crew with him: “The few dozen people he met could scarcely have made a difference, but Obama was not really there to win votes by personal contact. Rather, the point was to get television coverage of him reaching out to ordinary people” (218). It’s understandable that he wanted the public to see him as someone who does care about ordinary people, but the fact that in today’s society, to state that it wouldn’t have really mattered unless there was a camera crew there is just a prime example that maybe this new mass media have impacted us in a negative way in SOME aspects.

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