History & Theory of New Media

History and Theory of New Media

Introduction

The decade of the 90 's certainly paced way to a more sophisticated system of communications hosted through the Internet . With all the developments that the Internet has offered the human society , everything could now be accessed everything else could be made through one click of a button .1 Even media presentation itself has actually been affected by the major breakthrough technology offered by online communicating connections . The development of the World Wide Web has certainly offered different options of communicating and international connections

even between people who do not even know each other . The connections of the human society have been made tighter and much easier to deal with in so many ways .2

Through this particular communication innovation , the springing out of virtual culture and virtual society came into clear picture . Different people from all races around the world are now able to connect with each other primarily making connections with each other through the Internet There now exists a virtual community that is composed of people of all ages and races who are able o understand each other as humans , not actually considering discrimination . To many evaluators of the said technology , the Internet is now the latest

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1 David De Vaus (2002 . Surveys in Social Research 5th Edition (Social Research Today . Routledge 5 edition

2 David Porter (1997 . Internet Culture . Routledge 1 edition

invention of humans designed to assist worldwide peace and connections 3

Through this innovative design of technology the economic as well as the political concerns of the different communities within the human society could now be clearly identified . Mostly , the media access to real time news and worldwide events have been continuously enhanced to assist information distribution within the society . Through the different mediums of information presentation , the Internet has been noted as the key reason why most people around the world who are at times not even a part of the political and economical system of the communities are now able to give their comments and suggestions regarding the existing systems within the society . 4 This particular feature of the Internet indeed impacts the systems with which the human society today exists . 5

Within the pages of this particular , it could be observed that there are several projects of communication processes that would be examined as to how they particularly contribute to the advancements of the human society . This shall also help the readers have a clearer perspective on how the said technological breakthrough affects the economic and political sectors of the human society . Through the observation of two major communication projects in the worldwide web the said discussion shall be based upon

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3 Elizabeth H . Oakes (2004 . Social Science Resources in the Electronic Age . Greenwood Press

4 David De Vaus (2002 . Surveys in Social Research 5th Edition (Social Research Today . Routledge 5 edition

5 David Porter (1997 . Internet Culture . Routledge 1 edition

The Communication Projects

Communication projects are usually made to...