Old vs. New

What can we really call new? Something that came out recently or something that is so innovative that it changes the way we do it. Does the New replace the Old? NO! New media differs from old media just because its a new way of doing something. Lets take for example like reading the New York Times. Some of us might have the newspaper deliver to our homes everyday and read it on our way to school or work but now, the news is online and updated every second and its free. Does this mean the paper form is obsolete? Of course not! It might not be as popular anymore but its still alive. Some people prefer to read it because they have free time on the train and there isn't any internet available . You can only have so many Taylor Swift songs on your ipod to listen to before you get bored and want to catch up on the news written on free newspapers.

The difference between New media and old media can be summed up like a simple equation. Think of Old media as a variable X and New media as X+1. In this case the 1 is internet. New media is basically any old media that can be done with the addition of the internet.