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What is new media? Rather, what is new about new media? Of course, the Internet has changed media and added a new dimension of communication and innovation, but when should those who produce and consume online augmented communication stop considering their methods and means as new?

Of course, the argument for new media is not new vs. old, but new vs. traditional. Traditional media comes in the form of television, radio, newspaper and magazines. However, listening to terrestrial radio via the Internet stream would most likely fall under new media. Same for television. The nightly news broadcast is a form of traditional media, but logging into the broadcast’s website to comment on a story is considered new media.

If new media is defined as online media consumption, but all traditional media outlets now have online methods of distribution and interaction, is the concept really new anymore?

So, what’s the alternative? When it comes to research, advertising and study, it is very handy to divide the media into two groups – traditional and…

How about emerging media? Emerging says it all. It’s not mainstream media, it’s not new or old. It’s emerging. A Google search suggests that others have already claimed the word emerging and associated it with specific types of media. However, the words new and social were also in existence before they were adopted into their contemporary meanings.

It’s important that those within the industry insist on using a different term for it. Otherwise, we will still be calling ourselves part of the new media 20 years after YouTube and Facebook were created. By that time, all media will be `a la carte.

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To be a little more specific, we discuss Apple‘s proposal for their new HQ, Weiner’s Twitter problem, Nintendo‘s new controller, why PC users never remove their laptop stickers and much more.

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This is the second half of our discussion about Facebook with a panel of guests from the Grand Junction Business Incubator Center.

In this episode, we discuss some of the more advanced concepts of Facebook and we break them down and try to explain them on a basic level. We discuss Facebook pages, who should not use Facebook, how to handle negative feedback and much more.

As a bonus, here’s a link to some of the material we edited out of the interview. Some of it was deep conversation about Facebook that could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be defined as basic. Other segments were simply goofy bloopers.

For more discussion about how to get the most out of social media, visit Lumigrate.com.

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Episode 005 is one of our best ever. The folks from the Grand Junction Business Incubator Center joined us in-studio where we recorded a two-part discussion about Facebook. This episode, 005, is all about the basics of Facebook. Who should use it, what it is, why it’s important, where to get started and when you should use it.

For more discussion about Facebook and social media, join the discussion taking place in the forums at Lumigrate.com.

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We would like to welcome the Lumigrate.com podcast to the talkingDigital family of podcasts.

Lumigrate.com is a thriving social website dedicated to establishing a dialogue about the ever-growing topics of integrative medicine.

Above you will can hear the most recent episode of the Lumigrate podcast and below we have linked to the premier episode and part 1 of Music and Health.

Please leave feedback on Lumigrate.com and let them know what you thought of the show.

Premier Episode

Healing Power of Music – Part 1