New Media Technology

by jrhode

What is new media technology and why is it important in our today’s lives? Before we are able to determine the importance of new media technology, we should first need to ensure that we know the meaning of the term itself – new media technology. So what is new media technology then?

New media technology is actually a term which describes the transmission of data over a network in a digital manner. To understand this clearly, it would help if you know the difference between an analog signal and a digital signal.

With this definition, we can identify several internet-based programs as part of what we call new media technology as well as different storage media such as flash drives, CD, DVD, and Blue-Ray. But we have to take note that the old media that we use before are not included in new media technology that is why it is called as “new” media since only the newer technologies that we have today are the ones included. Examples of old media technology are analog television sets, radio, and film-based products such as cameras.

Computer is a popular example of new media technology since everything that passes through a computer is converted into digital signal because computers can only read digital signals and not analog ones. With computers, we can do a lot of things such as surfing the internet, reading and sending email messages, socializing through social networking websites, and shopping.

The internet plays an important role in the development of new media technology that we have today since most applications are internet-based. Can you think of a world without the internet? What would it like? Will you be able to do the things that you normally do in an easy manner? With these questions in mind, we can say that new media technology is such an important aspect of our lives.