Wednesday, September 17, 2008

What is New Media?

New Media encompasses a vast range of technologies and unique characteristics. In Professor Friedman's "The New Media Technologies: Overview and Research Framework" are five critical characteristics of new media technologies (the five c's).

The five C's: communication, collaboration, community, creativity and convergence all help differentiate new media from old.

New media engages and liberates the user from an audience member to an active participant. There can be a much more personal relationship with new media than with old.

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