New Forms of Media Publishing

New media define as new methods of communication in the digital world allow a group of people to congregate online and share, sell and swap goods and information (PCmag.com). Nowadays, the development of media are as fast as technology, thus the new media are slowly take over the conventional media in the society. For examples of new media are Facebook, Tweeter, online newspapers and so on.

Facebook:

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites and is uniquely recognized as a resource for locating persons (Mark-Shane Scale). Other than that, Facebook is the fifth-most trafficked site on the internet worldwide and the second-most trafficked social media site in the world which claiming more than 70 million active users include me and you (facebook.com). The newsfeed feature in Facebook also helps to keep friends and colleagues updated on activities and get to know each other more than everyday working and studying life (Allison Faix, Jamie M, Lisa Hartman).

Online newspaper:

Online newspaper is a website provides news information for the reader through the internet. Instead of touchable newspaper, online newspaper allows people to update the latest news everywhere, every time as long as they have internet. Research proved that the usability and familiarity on the websites do influence the reader attribute but not the reputation, privacy and trust of the websites (Carlos Flavián, Raquel Gurrea).

References:

Allison Faix, Jamie M, Lisa Hartman 2009, “Crashing the Facebook Party,” Kimbel Library, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina, USA, vol.58.

Carlos Flavián, Raquel Gurrea 2008, “Reading Newspaper on the Internet: the Influence of Websites Attributes”, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, Vol.18

Facebook.com, “Press Room”, n.d..

Mark-Shane Scale 2008, “Facebook as a social search engine and the implications for libraries in the twenty – first century” Library and Information Studies, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, Vol.26.

PCmag.com, “Definition of New Media,”, viewed April 20 2010, http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=new+media&i=47936,00.asp.