basic concepts of new media

Introduction20 June 2011Kathy E. Gill

Agenda

•Introductions•Syllabus Review•Course Structure•Mini-Lecture: What Is New Media?

New media (1/2)

•Term has been used since the 1970s by researchers conducting social, psychological, economic, political and cultural studies of information and communication technologies (ICTs)

New media (2/2)

•Some definitions focus on computer technology, others focus on interactivity

•Differences:▫Audiences not heterogeneous▫Control shifts from communicator to

audience

Facilitates Conversation

•The “audience” becomes the “creator”•Disruptive -> breaks mass media mold

▫Is this new?•MultiMedia

Geek Speak

•Internet 101:▫What is a “URL”▫What is a browser?▫What are protocols?

Lab On Wednesday

•Set up blogs for the class•Demo eReserve