New media
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| '''New media''' is a term meant to encompass the emergence of [[digital]], [[computer]]ized, or [[Computer network|networked]] [[information technology|information]] and [[communication technology|communication]] technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being [[manipulate|manipulated]], networkable, [[Memory storage density|dense]], [[data compression|compressible]], interactive and [[impartial]]. Some examples may be the [[Internet]], websites, computer multimedia, [[Video game|computer games]], CD-ROMS, and DVDs. New media is not television programs, feature films, [[magazine]]s, [[book]]s, or paper-based publications. | '''New media''' is a term meant to encompass the emergence of [[digital]], [[computer]]ized, or [[Computer network|networked]] [[information technology|information]] and [[communication technology|communication]] technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being [[manipulate|manipulated]], networkable, [[Memory storage density|dense]], [[data compression|compressible]], interactive and [[impartial]]. Some examples may be the [[Internet]], websites, computer multimedia, [[Video game|computer games]], CD-ROMS, and DVDs. New media is not television programs, feature films, [[magazine]]s, [[book]]s, or paper-based publications. | ||
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- "Sex, as we know, is a heat-seeking missile that forever seeks out the newest medium for its transmission." --(Gerard Van Der Leun, 1993)
New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible, interactive and impartial. Some examples may be the Internet, websites, computer multimedia, computer games, CD-ROMS, and DVDs. New media is not television programs, feature films, magazines, books, or paper-based publications.
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