Old vs. New

We distinguish new media from old media by how easily the information can be processed, change and interpret that information. Old Media are things such as television, radio, and newspapers. If you want to know the news, you would have to wait for the newspaper to come out or wait till morning or evening for to watch the news on television. If you want to listen to music, you have to buy CDs. But New Media is the opposite. My space, wiki, and facebook are examples of New Media, such as blogs and newspaper websites allow you to read your cities news wherever you are, as long as you are connected to the internet. New Media also can download the music from the website. If you think a post on a blog is a good read, you can post a comment. If you think a video on YouTube is terrible, you can post your opinion. New Media gives everyone who wants to express themselves a voice to do so.