Old vs. New

Today's new media differentiates from old media in the sense of options, access, control, modification, and distribution of the source. A good example of this is the transformation or evolution of journalism. Old media's journalism would be to write or print an article on paper. New media's journalism would be blogs. By blogging, you're able to mass distribute your information to people all over the world via the internet. With your printed article, say in a newspaper, you're generally limited to having your article read by those in a city or town. Also with blogging, you're able to have more control of what the blog looks like in terms of design and appeal. Not only that but you're able to include links and videos which newspaper articles can't do. In this sense, new media provides more options than old media.

A good example of new media is TMZ.com. TMZ is the new media of tabloid magazines. TMZ is now the hottest celebrity news website out. What's essential to providing news is how fast can the information be relayed to the people. TMZ is always on top of their game, so much that when Michael Jackson's death hit the news, TMZ had already published a post on Michael Jackson's condition, six minutes before he even died. This is a clear example of TMZ's (new media) advantage over tabloid magazines (old media). TMZ is able to relay information at a much faster rate then magazines, especially when magazines generally produce one issue every week or month and need to be paid for.


Cite

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/26/michael-jackson-tmz-scoop

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/01/tmz-celebrity-media-gossip-site