Features of new media

• What is technological convergence

  When a single device combines various media technologies such as newspapers online, books on kindle, tv streaming such as Netflix, radios etc
• What is the Impact of Technological Convergence

  Livingstone & Bovill

  Converging screen technology may be contributing to a blurring of boundaries between traditionally distinct activities e.g. work vs play as people are constantly switching between them
• Define Cultural Convergence

  The way new media users engage with a range of media content delivered in a variety of ways, and the ways they seek out, share and make connections between this content
• How has new media led to cultural convergence

  Jenkins: new media has changed many aspects of traditional media. Sharing info and making connections between content has become much easier than it was in the past
• 5 main concents that Lister et al suggest distinguishes the “new” from the “old” media

  1. Digitality
  2. Hypertextuality
  3. Dispersal
  4. Virtuality
  5. Interactivity
• How does ‘digitality’ distinguish between the new and old media

  The use of computers & screens

  All data is converted into numbers, which can be stored, distributed and picked up via screen based products
• What is Hypertextuality

  Forming a web connection to other pieces of information through links

  Gives us a way of searching, interacting with and customising the media for our own use
• How does ‘Dispersal‘ distinguish between the new and old media

  Media is less centralised and more adaptive to individual choices rather than being restricted to media professionals
• what is ‘virtuality‘

  People can immerse themselves in unreal interactive experiences in virtual worlds with VR headsets

  + can create imaginary identities on social media
• What is interactivity

  Consumers can engage or interact with a variety of media, creating, customising their own media with greater choice
• What does Jenkins say interactivity has led to

  • Participatory Culture
  • Collective Intelligence
• What is Participatory Culture

  Consumers can produce media which producers consumer and incorporate into new media texts
• What is Collective Intelligence

  New media provides a vast range of information from across the world which means as a collective we know anything we want