Old v. New

one way you can distinguish new media from old is by determining the speed that it can be obtained. for example it is faster and more convenient to see a newspaper online than acually buying one. On the internet you can pick which article to read instead of looking through pages to see which article is available. you can also see previous articles that you may have missed and are curious to read. Another way to determine it is by the quality and availabilty of information that is at ones fingertips. The accessibility of information is what determines what new media really is. New media give us, the users, the ability to have inforrmation when it is asked for which makes people become more interactive with new media.