Group Presentation: Digital Music

     

      I learned that new media frequently merges with old media. The social media site, Myspace had the ability to share music that a person liked and now a person can share on different platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. New media also interacts with the old media in ways such as there are no longer only computers but there are also now smart phones, tablets and more that are all various sources of sharing digital music.

        The smart phones created apps that developed a chance for people to create their own music.

         In addition, record labels are releasing songs not only in the digital format but also for consumers to buy on Vinyl for a more vintage music listening experience.

   

        I did not know that the rise of vinyl records shows that even though technology is changing, older concepts of media are still being used and relevant in today’s culture. Before watching this presentation I thought vintage records were irrelevant due to all the new technology we now have. 

            However the consumer impact is tremendous after the "Myspace days", music is now no longer one way, music can be produced, listened to, and shared with others. It includes an interactive audience due to the fact they can share the music with others. 

        Lastly, it allows for discussion and a more interactive community. Although, digital music has a positive impact, there are also negatives, such as the downloading of illegal music. This causes the artists to not make a profit off of their material. Overall digital music allows for the music industry to have these key components; new format/additional content, timing, availability, and sharing. 

Podcasting Project

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Podcasting

1. Podcasting fits into business because it can provide product advertisement for the companies as well as a way for companies to get their products out in various and innovative ways. The companies can incorporate commercials in the podcasting. Podcasting fits into non-profits because it promotes interactivity and it is easier to follow by listening than reading a text. Lastly, podcasting fits into academic contexts because it is very interactivity with students. Students can now listen to the educational lessons with audio instead of sitting in a classroom setting.
2. The speaker says podcasting extends messages because it is able to send through; audio, video, and the internet. The podcasting message can be very straight to the point and simple.
3.Podcasting is different because it encourages action. It provides the listener with information and expects the listener to take action based off what information the listener was given. Also, the information found in podcasts come from a range of sources. This can be seen through participation culture.
4. The three critical concepts for developing a successful media in concerns to email, blogging, and online advertisement are: whether or not one's listeners are paying attention to the information (this represents entertainment), the tools that one provide to the user to access the information (this represents educational), and lastly, whether or not the listeners can interact with the information (this represents ease). Podcasting has these three elements because when put together, one can create a successful podcast. First, and foremost, keeping the attention of one's listener is vital, otherwise you're talking to yourself. Second, the tools that you provide to the user to access the information is also critical. You can't just talk about it: you have to allow your listener the opportunity to find it themselves and look into it as well. Finally, whether or not the listeners can interact with the information is also essential.
5.Podcasting is available on so many different mediums: whether it be a mobile phone, YouTube, the Internet, or anything else. A podcast can viewed in various form whether it is a .mp4, .wmv, .mp3, .wav, and multiple other files. It's so accessible from anywhere you go and the compounding media is referring to how all of these different mediums become one medium ultimately and that is the podcast. Lastly, it's available in so many different forms and accessible from so many different outlets and that is what the concept of digital media convergence is all about.

New Media Changing The Journalism World For Eternity?

Does new media equal new journalism? This constant asked question has been  revolving for the last decade. There is no doubt that the way people consume their news has changed. The industry of journalism has been changed by an explosion of technology that has tremendously changed how news is gathered, distributed, reported, and shared. 

On a survey that was taken for the year 2014, it reported that over 50% of Twitter users stated they received their news on popular social media sites as compared to only 33% in 2012. If you add that with more than 8,000 tweets being tweeted around the 

globe every second there is no doubt that Twitter play a major role in news consumption. 

Like Lyse Doucet, BBC Chief International Correspondent, says "There is no question, if you are not on Facebook and Twitter, you are not getting the full story." (https://lubpak.com/archives/248399)

However, the change in news consumption is mutual. Social media networks such as Twitter, has reformed the newsroom, in addition to, speeding up a present complicated news forming  process. Prior to Twitter, news took a longer time to travel to the average person. Now news is easier to come across, such as by reading a simple tweet. Although, it is a faster medium for transporting the news, the professional journalist must constantly be on lookout that the reader doesn't miss important information.

 Though social media sites provide real time information, public opinions, and reactions during news breaking stories. Certain studies show that journalists use sites like Twitter for up to 80% of their news-gathering skills. However, Journalists must still be careful to decipher between fiction and fact. Due to the fact that misinformation can spread across the internet like wildfire. 

Thanks to new social media, the average person contributes to the news reporting process. Because of this the public relies on the journalist to verify the news information reported. The journalist job has now transitioned from gathering the news to the explanation process. 

With the easy accessibility to new social media, it allows for a particular group or a community as a whole to rally around an idea or cause, which can eventually lead to social activism. The recent example being #BlackLivesMatter campaign on Twitter, Facebook, and various other media networks.

The public outrage to the incidents that took place in Ferguson, New York, Florida and other parts of the United States fostered a global social media support campaign. Lastly, Hashtag activism stresses the concept of filtering what information we as people consume daily. As NY Times David Carr puts it "The media is not the message, the messages are the media. " (http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/02/15/two-worlds-collide-twitter-the-butterfly-effect-and-the-future-of-journalism/)