Monday, August 30, 2010

Bob's New Media

1. Come up with 3 similarities and 3 differences between traditional and new media?
Similarities:
They both communicate information to the user. 
Involve a persons senses. 
Television.

Differences:
New media may be high definition or blue ray while traditional cannot. 
New media can be accessed anywhere at any anytime with any device that has access to the internet.


2. List 4 examples of traditional media and 4 examples of “New Media.”
New media:
Bluetooth, cellular phones, Texting, Video games systems.
Traditional:
Pagers, Flyers, Newspapers, Billboards


3. Why is the term “New Media” problematic?
New Media is a problematic term because technology is evolving so quickly everyday, so what's new today may be considered old tomorrow. 

4. Come up with an alternate name for “New” Media.
Innovation Media