WHAT IS NEW MEDIA?

New Media is a form of digital or electronic communication that brings people together closer than ever to use its modern technology with blasting speeds. We have access by computer technology from anywhere adding convenience that Old Media did not have. Simple forms of New Media are chat rooms, e-mails, digital cameras, mobile technology, web sites, blogs, digital video and audio, blue-ray, PDF, CD's, etc. But it is a constantly changing definition. We might say next year that today's New Media is Old Media if we will have technology break though which had happened when computers were invented. So the definition of New Media will change as time passes.

Will Technological Advances Make Books Obsolete?

In today’s fast moving world the influence of new technological advances is undeniable. More and more people are not able to imagine their lives without new technologies such as a computer, printer, mobile phone and others. These new devices make people’s life easier but they are ready to replace many familiar gears which were really wide spread. Books can be treated as one of the features of civilization which have changed the humankind after they had been invented. A book is not just the evidence that people are able to write and express facts in the paper, but it is the monument of the eternal humankind’s values. Books always depended on various historical events and situations. Nowadays books are put in the confrontation with new technologies. This problem has two sides and it means that there exist many aspects which could decide if technological advances will make books obsolete.