SOC 3116 Study Guide - Ebay, Web 2.0, Critical Mass
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If new media is a resource to be made even more broadly available, how can new media be extended without negatively affecting social and cultural boundaries. Environmental cost of new media is also a concern: ex. 2010 prominent research firm reported that canadians spent more time on internet on average than watching television: rise of social media and web 2. 0 have accelerated trend of making users of digital media into producers. In 2000s, increase focus on participation, collaboration, collective intelligence, interactivity, and virtual dominating: new media is linked to shift towards global knowledge economy, an economy driven by knowledge based and creative industries. Participatory culture has flourished through blogs, social media sites, and sites such as. Boom areas in new media environment: multiplayer online games, new forms of news production. Mobility: accelerating trend in new media is for data and digital content to be accessed from mobile devices.
