The New Media Flashcards
Characteristics of NM
- Digitilisation
- Economic/Technological/Cultural Convergence
- Interactivity and Choice
- Participatory Culture
- Collective Intelligence
Who’s using the NM?
Ofcom - 84% adults use internet compared to 54% in 2005
Weekly use has also doubled from 9.9hrs to 23hrs.
Generational divide
Ofcom - 12-15yr old more likely to cross media multi task
Only 4/10 65+ have access to internet at home
Class Divide
Ofcom:
75% of AB socio-economic group own a smartphone compared to 54% of DE
Global digitial divide
2012 found 75% of the world had a phone, 5 billion phones in LEDC’s
C - Ignore that only 18% of all these phones are smartphones
Neophiliac View
Think NM is good because…
- Increases consumer choice
- Caused an E-Commerce revoloution
- Revitilised democracy
Itzoe
Internet is perhaps the freest form of speech ever
Cultural Pessimist View
Think NM is bad because…
- Not so new media (Cornford and Robbings - speed shit)
- Domination by media conglomerates
- Commercialisation
- reinforces elite power
- Decline in quality of Pop Culture
Cornford and Robbins
NM is not so new as it relies on old media forms, e.g. internet needs a landline, the only new thing about it is the speed, for example 9/11 was seen worldwide live.
Counter for domination by conglomerates
Citizen journalism
Cornford and Robbins
Commercialisation
Agree commercialisation causes more choice but has issues such as customer survellience.
Edward Snowden
Ex CIA, says british security can access whats on peoples phones.
Hills and Hughes
75% of views online are mainstream, not much change
Harvey
Candyfloss culture?
Turkle
NM users are so connected to their phones we don’t see people IRL as much, causes more anxiety and isolation.
