new media

English

Noun

new media (uncountable)

1. (dated) Interactive digital media, such as the Internet, as opposed to traditional media such as print and television.

   Synonym: cybermedia

   Antonym: old media

   • 2006, Robert Hassan, Julian Thomas eds., The New Media Theory Reader, McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 5:

     What is new media? We may begin answering this question by listing the categories commonly discussed under this topic in the popular press: the Internet, Web sites, computer multimedia, computer games, CD-ROMs and DVD, virtual reality.

   • 2009, Natalie Fenton, New Media, Old News, SAGE, →ISBN, page 14:

     The techno-pessimists who see new media as commodified by corporations and the market as any ‘old media’ have also missed the point.

Further reading

• new media on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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