lecture two

A brief history of modernity "individualisation"

Both old and new media: both old and new media are all depend on the culture. computer-based media effected mediation provided intellectual framework to talk about old and new media. the point of new media.

"The old media or legacy media are traditional means of communication and expression that have existed since before the advent of the new medium of the internet. Industries that are generally considered part of the old media are broadcast and cable televation, movie and music studios, newspapers, books and most print publications. Many of those industries are now less profitable than they used to be and this is has been attributed to the growth of the new media."(wiki)

Some examples with new media:
- mashup
- internet art
- video games, virtual world
- CD-roms
- softwares
- web sites
- blog, wikis
- emails
- electronic kioskis
- mobile
-broadcasting
- hypertext fiction
- graphical user interface
(wiki)

Opposition between old and new media: systemic, technocal, aesthetic, logical,political.

-----there are some systemic that media should consider about: ownership,regulation, access.
-----there are some technical that meida should consider about: electric vs non-electric, analogur vs digital.
-----there are some aesthetic that media should consider about: what's new media lools like? "new nedia will not be dramatically different in look and will constantly borrow and make reference to the styles of old media"
remediation----------Bolter and Grusin
-----there are some logical that media should consider about:
-----there are some political that meida should consider about: economic and social changes occurred as a result of nerwork social.



The different between new media and old media is that the new media clear the confine between country and country, industry and industry. the new media connect the different industry together. also, the new media is low cost, it will attractive more people. the old media, e.g. magazine, newspaper have the cost but new media, e.g. internet, blog are free.

the new media's developing, make the saying more free, people can say what they want in the internet and blog, it also may have an reversed effect to the society. people may issue some reactionism or factionalism in the internet and they are not benefit for the society peace. "New media have created virtual realities that are becoming mere extensions of the world we live in."