The invention of the digital media marked a new era for communication. In the past one would walk miles to deliver a message or had to go an extra mile in order to find information about a particular topic. The internet has made all that accessible in an instant. Imagine what you were going to do without the internet in a profession like journalism, where information is more imperative than anything and every fact has to be accurate….
Until the World Wide Web came into being, the era of information was born because it could now be accessed instantly and easily largely due to the fact that it could be stored on the net in vast amounts. Then came the invention of devices that enabled people to extend their ability to communicate, when in the past communication was often halted by certain barriers and the digital media introduced reforms that made it easy to communicate without facing challenges.
Who would have thought that a small object like a USB flash disc can store a large amount of information? Well, that is true. Blogs have enabled citizens to raise their concerns about all the social ills they face on a daily basis and the online encyclopedia has made it easy to access information about particular individuals.
We are now able to communicate beyond borders, thanks to the new media.
The world now is a global village because of the internet and this has made trading between countries much easier. Imagine what the world would be like without the internet?
Today we have been introduced to social networking with sites like twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn etc. having taken the world by storm.
The 3rd edition New Media guide by Terry Flew is a must read in order to know how digital media came into being.
Courtesy: New Media guide 3rd edition and Google.
