Will New Media mean that one day everything will be digital?

The digtalisation of media is something that has been happening for many years. However, with the progression of computer technology it is now occurring more rapidly than it had done in the past. An example that can be used to illustrate this is the advancements in music players. This timeline shows the gaps in new technology reducing as the 20^th century was nearing the 21^st.

Is New Media killing off things such as the newspaper and radio?

We are surrounded now by hypermedia; “Computer applications that present multiple media (text, graphics, animation, video) using hypertextual organization.” (Bolter and Grusin, 1999). This makes discovering the news an even more interactive process. We can have articles at our fingertips that include videos of events that have happened.

Radio has evolved as well with the introduction of digital radio. This means that we can now access it from anywhere via the internet. This is a complete change to when people used to actually have to own a radio to listen.

The internet has become the main force behind many things. We can practically find anything we want or need within a few key strokes. Practically every form of media has been merged onto the internet. People don’t need to own lots of different machines and equipment to access different forms of media.