New Trend-Social Media

What is social Media??

Social can be defined as a living organism characteristic. It refers to an interaction of one living organism (or more) to another and it happens either voluntarily or involuntarily. Besides, ‘social’ also  refers to the attitude/behavior that takes the interest and needs of other people into account. Thus, it is the opposite of anti-social.

Media, however refers to communication and it takes many forms of media in the world today. Newspaper, radio, television and all printed matter are considered media and they are the earliest forms of media. These forms of media is often used for expressing ideas,publishing news/facts or visionary of individual , group of people, organization etc. Media are accessible to everyone.

What makes it unique from other forms of media??

In my opinion, what makes the new media unique in his own class is that new media offers better communication, especially the two ways of communication. It brings a huge transformation knowing how the way people get connected and communicated has changed due to this new media influence. Facebook is the biggest medium in new media. New media offers virtual and non-virtual communication with people all across the world.New media defines a new way of communication that has no boundary in time, space and geographic. By posting and updating status on facebook, people able to share their view of interest, express their feelings and opinion just in a few second after the clicks on the mouse. The virtual world enable them to get connected with anyone they are interested with. Besides, it saves a lot of time and money wise in doing things fast and easy. A meeting, discussion, face-to face interaction by video call or non face-to face interaction by chat room makes connectivity just a piece of cake. For YouTube on the other hand, internet users are enable to get access to their favorite video or songs and with the flooded crowds and traffics in YouTube, it helps company to create bigger opportunity for advertisement to make more money. It serves like a mutualism interaction where people get access to entertainment and companies make a good money. Well, as an avid new media user, above are genuinely the opinions that reflects my feeling of experiencing the best thing about new media and how it has changed my lifestyle as a modern generation.