I find it interesting reading and defining "New Media," as it has taken such a central role in my life. I never take the time to really recognize "new media" pursay, but I'm constantly promoting how powerful new media is... A project that I'm currently working on was recently highlighted by WCAX. It was actually sort of funny at the time, being interviewed only made me start thinking about topics covered in class, such as "Dealing with Sources." Oddly enough I was the source this time around and as interested as "Zack" pretended to be, he still managed to get a few of his facts wrong... yet thinking about it, and our discussions about journalists, his 2:25 local news story did make the evening news.Just as I'm using new media to reach a demographic across the world (with a very specific message), some religious leaders are doing the same. In CNN's article YouTube Gets Religion, David Van Biema discusses recent use of Youtube as a way to "celebrate and explain their creeds." Personally I find it troubling to hear about religious activists promoting their messages through the Internet, yet can I blame them? New Media has become more and more effective at delivering whatever the publisher wants a consumer to hear, and in fact I'm doing the exact same thing really... Thinking about it, though, is this what we're going to have to start worrying about? New Media has most definitely defined it's self as entertainment, and sure there has been subliminal messages and promoting of products before, but as the medium gets more and more effective will selling a product and entertainment be any different? Beyond entertainment, and possibly communication and research, is merely promoting a message what's become of modern media? I guess it's like what I've written about before, we have to be careful and critical of what we watch, read, or even play now-a-days in order to "follow the money" in a sense.
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