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Final thoughts. December 9, 2008

New media what a term? I knew what it was but never before this class did I realize how it is everywhere and how much if affects what we do on a day-to-day basis. Look at this blog right now. NEW MEDIA. Where is it not? Going thought this class and looking at a slice of new media was eye opening. There are a billion and one things out there for new media. I had studied it before in other classes and knew about it, but never to this extent, and ever this in depth. It was so new to look at media this way. And what you don’t even realize is how tied together everything is in media. Going back to he basics, like what is an identity and how do we define it? And the same with community, how many can one person is apart of? Plus can a community exist if its members don’t see each other, only meeting in chat room?

The fast was amazing to me I could not at first understand how I was not going to have my Ipod for a few days and not be able to text and such. But in the end I really was more appreciate of what I had, and how I used it. New media really is ingrained in our lives. Which is so funny because only like10-15 years ago very few people had computers and now look at us.

The shift from old media to new media has been an incredible one. Just looking around at all the advancements that have happened. It shows you how far we have come and lets your mind wander to how far you can go. But then the question is can new media every go to far?

Some people may consider places like Second life and WOW as games that have gone to far. Taking a person out of the physical real world and they then transform themselves in to something or someone else. But to each his own, people sometimes have circumstances that may allow them to meets and keep good friends through the Internet. The whole class was really a great look at new media and what that really means. It showed us where new media and technology has come from and it only shows us the possibilities of where it can go.