New Media

The New Media, with its most notable figure YouTube, has along with the launch of the internet triggered a new Golden Age of Information. Here, on the internet, information is often debated, checked, examined, re-examined, and then concluded upon by all of those who read it. It directly counters the old media outlets such as News Television, Radio, and Newspapers. With access to the internet, there is an equal opportunity for all information to be viewed.

However, does it really do much. I mean a person can just as easily, if not more likely, reassure themselves of their old biases with the new media that were originally reinforced with the old media outlet that they commonly used. Also propaganda can infiltrate any news medium. There are many videos on our generation's beloved YouTube that aren't intended to provide for a logical argument but try to engage in emotional and heated rhetoric. Also there are many sources of disinformation out on the web. For instance there are still sites that advocate that Obama is a Muslim of all things. Also, the web might have started off as being free and open to everyone, but that is slowly changing. Now this new media is being threatened by censorship and scrutiny. Also net neutrality might also end with corporate takeover of the internet. Also, this new source of media is now being shifted to represent the old media obsesses: focusing more on entertainment.

However, this isn't the result of technology but rather a result of the culture in which we live in. So if there will ever be any progress with the media, then people must alter demand.