Checking Out Some Social Networking Sites

I looked at Facebook, MySpace and Friendster and thought that I am hermit. I am not ready to share my information with anyone and I don't have time for new friends. The ones I have now have written me off because I never call, email, write or IM them. Awhile ago I joined LinkedIn. It's a professional networking site for keeping in touch with people you have worked with in the past. Many of the people I worked with in the past use it to stay in touch. I don't keep up with them either. It would seem that I am a dinosaur in this fast pace digital age. Let's see of this class pushes me past my fears about privacy and join the new media revolution.

What is New Media?

New media can be defined as the new technologies that allows for mass communication. With new media information is delivered to large groups almost at the speed of light. When compared to old media like new a newspaper where the information was hours or days old.New media has five characteristic’s communication, collaboration, community, creativity and convergence. (Friedman, 9) When these characteristics combine it allows for rapid communication and seamless collaboration between individuals and groups. This spawns communities of like-minded people, which spur creativity. Finally convergence brings this all together so that we can have a unified way of communicating and collaborating with others. It becomes seamless for us to distribute and receive information to individuals or communities around the world.

Reference:

Friedman, Linda Weiser The New Media Technologies: Overview and Research Framework

Create Your Own Blog

This is my first blog. I will be posting information related to new media for CIS 3810 summer 2009 class.