User:Alexjames10/NMAC 4460 Journal

August 14, 2019: New Media
Journal #1

The way I look at new media is the way it is used today. All types of media are used in today's world. One type of new media that is used is social media. There are many ways that people nowadays can connect with one another. Most of the time people get in touch with other people through social media. And it's not even with a simple phone call. People now talk with people through twitter, text messaging, or any other type of social media platform. Social media as part of new media is a new way for people to get discovered. What I mean by that is, if a person is wanting to get a job or something, they can use their social media to put themselves out there for people to see what they do. Youtube is one other aspect that is popular in media in today's world. Youtube goes back to my point about people getting noticed. People can post all kinds of content on Youtube. People can post videos about whatever interests them on Youtube for people to see. Topics could range from them reviewing a certain topic like a movie to creating content of them showcasing a talent of theirs.

Journal #2

New Media has definitely had an influence on culture. There are different ways that it has impact the way we look at certain things. New Media influences the way that we as people go about our everyday lives. There are times where we seem to have difficulty staying away from our means of technology. All these types of new media are the way we communicate nowadays. One main thing I didn't know about new media is that it's a lot more in depth than I originally thought. According to Dr. George Lucas, "New Media are defined in at least two ways. One way is the digital devices that network our lives and the other way is the study of the change in scale, pace, or pattern of human affairs brought about by these gadgets". The second way that new media is defined is very interesting to me. It's interesting because the way we have technology today, all groups of people incorporate that type of media at different times. Sometimes it takes certain companies or some other type of business to feel comfortable using a certain type of new media. Lev Manovich in the article "New Media from Borges to HTML takes a look at new media in a little bit different way. However, some aspects Manovich looks at are similar.  Manovich states in the article, "But what exactly is new media? And what is new media art? Surprisingly, these questions remain to be not so easy to answer. The book you are now holding in your hands does provide very interesting answers to these questions; it also provides the most comprehensive foundation for new media field, in the process redefining it a very productive way". Manovich further states in the article, "Firstly, the speed with which new technologies are assimilated in the U.S. makes them “invisible” almost overnight: they become an assumed part of the everyday existence, something which does not seem to require much reflection about". Here he talks about how new media becomes part of a person's everyday life and how it gives a look of how people don't see a problem with it sometimes.  Manovich states, "Secondly, we can explain the slowness of the U.S. engagement with new media art during the 1990s by the very minimal level of the public support for the arts there".   Manovich shows here that the United States was a little behind on using some of the more modern media in the 1990's.  But like people always say, "it's better late than never". One other way that Manovich looks at new media is using a type of new media to show how it works. Manovich says, "I would define cyberculture as the study of various social phenomena associated with Internet and other new forms of network communication". Manovich illustrates, "Examples of what falls under cyberculture studies are online communities, online multi-player gaming, the issue of online identity". Manovich sees cyberculture as an example of new media because people nowadays are totally invested in video games. Video games are made now where people can play online with other people and compete against them. Sometimes that can be a bad thing as people could I guess you could say become that person they are when playing those games.