New Media and Society

It is without a doubt that the new media has had a tremendous impact on society. Society itself is almost entirely dependent on new media. Take the weather for example, people check the forecast everyday before leaving their houses without even glancing outside. Portable GPS devices are used for directions without a second's hesitation about bothering that the device might be wrong.

We as a society have become more and more dependent on new media. There is not a place in New York City where you can go and not see people without portable devices that are connected to a network of some sort. Because these gadgets are so well connected people depend on them for all their news, weather, updates from social networks, favorite television shows, and just about anything they can think of.

New media has certainly changed the way we interact with others as well. As we become more and more social through the internet as a society, we also become less and less anti-social in actuality. Cell phones for example are used the majority of times to send text messages as oppose to doing what the phone was initially invented for; talking.

The biggest advantage about new media however, is the ability to communicate flawlessly. Skype for example has forever changed the way people communicate. Before it used to be, if you were far apart from someone, you would have to write or speak to them directly without actually seeing them. With live webcam services such as Skype, people are able to see one another as if they were in the same room sitting right next to each other. This is completely beneficial to the media, especially news channels. CNN for example uses Skype to communicate directly to people they do not have access to, even though, that person might be halfway across the world reporting the news.

There is no question that the use of new media has entirely changed societies around the world. Wherever you go on the planet, no matter how high in poverty a country might be, there is still use of new media in their society. The use of new media has completely revolutionized the way we interact as mankind and it will continue to do so for many years to come.