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Phrases ‘new media’ and ‘social media’ are outdated

English: Research on Iran. by Negar Mottahedeh...

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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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01 2012

Castellini on Computers 022 – Google+ and Final Cut stuff

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In episode 22 we discuss…

Google+ vs. Facebook

The Davis Cup

The HP TouchPad

The decrease in porn popularity online

The death of Google Health

ZocDoc is a cool service

Castellini on Computers as featured on…

How to manage your comics online

The John Stewart Sunday morning interview with Chris Wallace

Our iOS update predictions

Much, much more!!

 

 

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07 2011

Castellini on Computers 017 – Firefox 4 but no Rebecca Black

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In this episode we discuss….

The wild popularity of Firefox 4

The wild unpopularity of IE 9

Netflix in Firefox 4

Flash vs. Silverlight vs. HTML5

You don’t have to be handsome to be a cowboy

What we like about Firefox 4

Nintendo 3DS discussion – is it as revolutionary as the Kinect? No.

Email answers

Farmville problems in Internet Explorer

Amazing tax advice

Fax test

Google Voice Search for Android – it’s cool

The hassles of Android updates

Password protection on smartphones and tablets

How to get into Labs in the new Gmail interface

Everyone should know about Google Labs
http://google.com/labs

We been Tweeting before Tweeting was cool

Streaming problems on MacBook in London

Keep your plug-ins updated

New coupons scanners can read barcodes on cellphone screens

Much much more