I define New Media as media that is related to the digital world of technology and for that reason possesses multimodal qualities. According to Manovech, New Media can be represented numerically and is modular, meaning it is made up of many smaller parts.
Another defining characteristic of new media is its interactive nature, variability, and hypermedia. Users of new media have freedom to choose how they interact with a document or design. Questions of design and re-design also play an important role in determining what new media is.
I would also like to include the global aspects of speed of communication and mass production as defining characteristic of new media. New Media allows us the choice to react to and interact with the text in ways that were previously unavailable to us in traditional media. New Media makes it possible for anyone with access to technology the ability to create, manipulate, share, and participate in and with the world around him or her in new ways.
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