This section asks the question “What is New Media?” “New Media” could be described as numerous things in today’s society. However, there are some things that are considered to be new media, and some that are not. In order for something to be called “New Media”, the use of a computer must be involved. Since we are now living in the 21st century, our culture has shifted greatly to rely on computers for a majority of daily tasks. Since computers have an effect on all types of media, the technological revolution has had a much larger effect than all others. “New Media” is the result of a convergence between the computing and media technologies. Today, all existing media can be translated into numerical data accessible for computers. So, everywhere you go, computers are are affecting your everyday life.

As I stated earlier, new media is the result of a convergence between the computing and media technologies. This began with the Daguerreotype, and progressed to photography and movie projectors. There were also electric tabulating machines, that were developed into early computers. Once it was discovered that these types of media could be translated to be read by a computer, new media was born.

Today, media is used as an information carrier. New media helps to move this information along even faster that before. Some key differences between the new and old media are that new media is now programmable, and composed of a digital code. Also, new media objects can be combined into multimedia, while still remaining independent from one another. Another difference is that new media can be automated, completely removing human interaction from the mix. Also, new media objects are not fixed, and can be changed to hold infinite positions. Finally, new media objects can be more well-organized than old media objects, as they can be coded and filed into a computer.