New Media in today's networked society!

A blog is short for a personal “weblog.” It usually has a single author. Sometimes can have multiple contributors. It is a public space where everyone can view and add comments on any post. Blogs can be very personal, unique in style and controlled by an individual. A blog is usually where an author shares their thoughts and ideas at that moment, so they are historical and relevant to people at a point in time.   A wiki is a website that allows multiple users to create, modify and organize web page content in a combining manner. Wikis are open so that people can combine and connect with other people within a circle of wiki users (Wikipedia on Wikis). In a wiki, there are managers that control the content (but there are different ways to do this (Cohen 2009). In our wiki, our instructor grades each participant individually and looks over the wiki.  I do not know how important it is that there be convergence of people through blogs and wikis. For example, I wonder if too many pe

My research topic for this course is the role of new media in the healthcare industry. I am interested in a career in the healthcare sector and hope to learn more about new practices in the industry involving new media. New media is changing every industry but the way it is affecting the healthcare industry is both good and bad. I will therefore be using the “Analysis” approach for my research paper, which compares positive and negative aspects of a topic.  New media can be good for the industry in many ways. For example, the doctor-patient relationship can be helped by video-calling or live-chats. Also, patients can find doctors and learn about them through social networks or sites for the healthcare community. Doctors can also connect with other doctors and collaborate on research through blogs, crowdsourcing sites and professional networks. Apps that are provided by new media are really helpful to the healthcare industry because they help store and share patient information

We are now living in the 21st Century and there is no doubt about how new media is growing and rapidly moving away from old media. What kind of technologies do we refer to as "new media"? There are many things we can call "new media," such as Twitter, Instagram, FaceTime and video communication (like online lectures), blogs, Facebook, and Snapchat. These new media have changed our lives.