Yes, the ever popular new media! As defined by our good friend Wikipedia, "New media refers to new forms of human and media communication that have been transformed by the creative use of technology to fulfill the same basic social need to interact and transact". Youtube, AIM, Wikipedia, even this blog itself, they all fall under the definition of new media. I personally am a big fan of this new media! I regularly post on a number of message boards and sites like facebook. It gets information from point A to point B, no matter what the distance, in a matter of seconds. Best of all, it doesn't descriminate. If someone wants to say something, no matter what it is, they can broadcast it to an enourmous audience. This does tend to create problems though. Sources can be very unreliable with the new media. I can't tell you how many times I've seen false information spread via the new media and it has been thoughtlessly believed as the truth by hundreds of people. Places like Wikipedia, GameFAQS (the most trafficked videogame message board), and facebook have all fallen victim to this problem numerous times. Thanks to the lightning quick response of the online community though, these issues are usually very quickly resolved.
My favorite part of the new media by far is the interaction between the source and the reader. The clear line has been blurred to the point where it only exists if you want it to. I am now a viable source for editorials on video games. I can provide input in thousands of polls. I can fight mis-information and ignorance and my input is received instantly. If I make a claim, i can back it up with a video. This is the first time that everyone has truly had freedom of the press and i am all for it!
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