Abstract on Journal One

This journal looks at what is ‘New Media’ and who the ‘New audiences’ of this new media is. Firstly it explores the introduction and advancement of digital technologies, and the growth of popularity in households. However she questions what is new about New media and the effect of it on culture. Comparing that of the technological timescale and that of social change, the author Sonya Livingstone makes a compelling argument about how the two can never coincide. She argues whether the process of appropriation, whether the introduction of unfamiliar objects affects pre-existing social practices and the parent/child relationship

Task 1: New Media, Reading Lister et al

Lister et al asks 'What is New media?' a broadly used term, which many forget to question carefully. The "widespread currency" (pg 9) of this term asks us to define what is new about Media, and has the changes affected now and what may capture "our imaginations" (pg9) in the future.
One of the major changes in Media and has helped to give the name of 'New Media' is the use of technological advancements in different areas of the media. It is through the development of such things as the internet, the constant progression of mobile phones and the very popular use of MP3 players and Ipods that I believe to be the New Media of my generation.
Radio, Television and Music seem to be the main developments at the currant moment and time but how long can things continue to develop? Is there a limit to what New Media is or will it continue to be a loose phrase that will be associated with the next big thing?