Old Vs New Media

There are obvious new standards and new way of doing things online that have surfaced the last few years. Old media includes tv, print, shopping and different forms of entertainment. Some quick comparisons are the trend of journalism moving from print and tv to blogging and online forms of the same journalist outlets, CNN, The New York Times, FOX online options. Shopping is now widely available on the web and is being more and more accepted thanks to big efforts of ebay and amazon. Instead of just the old brick and mortar shopping new media allows stores and companies to reach out on a larger scale. With the same respect advertising which was primarily a print and broadcast media is now expanded their touch greatly online. When you look at games as well a major change is taking place. As where you used to have arcades where kids would get together to socialize and play or even actually get up and go to someones house now gaming has shown to be the perfect example of new media. You can play several games from your computer and even from your game consoles now with anyone in the world. New media has become a great business and personal tool to allow people to accomplish as much as they can without having to leave the comfort of their home.