The New Red

There are so many forms of media publishing today. The Web has created channels and access to so new forms of publishing that the old time users of the super huge computers would never have imagined, not even mentioning the newspaper publishing houses or book companies.

Newspapers have decided to go online: e-newspapers, magazines have become e-zines (online form), blogs enable people to share information, and forums provide avenues for live discussions (Koval, 2005). New media is all about style. It is about the way information is expressed and conveyed just as much as the information itself (Everett & Caldwell, 2003). Not only that, but with the rise of social networking sites, the world has just gotten smaller. These new forms of media, which rely on digital and computerised mediums to convey their messages across, are constantly changing our world. Blogs are hitting it big time, as are networking sites like Facebook.

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Another huge phenomenon in new media that is sweeping across is YouTube, a place for you to share your videos and perhaps even get spotted. This is a new form of media that is overtaking any form of advertising or such, because it is personal and encompasses all mediums of communication - sound, movement, and colour. Also, its comments feature allows for interactivity, one of the main reasons new media is so popular today.

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References

2009, 'You have the right to remain silent' in Barmaid Blog, accessed 14 June 2009, http://barmaidblog.livejournal.com/54723.html.

Everett, A & Caldwell, JT 2003, New Media: Theories and Practices of Digitextuality, Routledge, London.

Koval, R 2005, Big Ideas: 23 October 2005, Radio Transcript, ABC Radio National, accessed 14 June 2009, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bigidea/stories/s1485827.htm .

West, A 2003, Big Ideas: 23 October 2005, Radio Transcript, ABC Radio National, accessed 14 June 2009, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bigidea/stories/s1485827.htm .