Old Vs. New Media

Old media is disappearing quickly as a result of new media. Something which was new such as TV is now old media because the old style big televisions are replaces by the new LCD’s. However this is still part of our society. Also newspapers and magazines which was new form of media when it was introduced are now considered old media because of World Wide Web. Buying song CD’s are replaced by buying your favorite song online. Before we use to carry maps to go around, now GPS is our most reliable friend. Wireless keyboard or mouse, flash drive, Laptops, IPods, iPhone, podcasts, Second life, YouTube, blogs are all part of new media in which we somehow deal with it every day of our lives. There are certain benefits of new media over old media such as who can view the material, the price, space, speed of the information flow, and so on. For example, TMZ is a new form of new media. They were the first one to release Michael Jackson’s heart attack news on their web site. The information was spread worldwide in a second. Another example is when you place an ad in newspaper, it is only seen by local newsreaders and it is expensive to place ad. However, because of internet, your ad can be viewed by other internet users who lives oversee at cheap or no cost. However there are certain disadvantages of new media such as you sometime have no control over what others sees or what we sees such as review about product or service. Companies have no control over this. For companies/businesses, new media is sure a new form of revenue generator.