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History of New Media History of New Media Since 1970s, but especially 1990s, nations concerned with the “ Since 1970s, but especially 1990s, nations concerned with the “ information highway” information highway” Treated the Internet like an 1840s challenge of the telegraph Treated the Internet like an 1840s challenge of the telegraph Concern that to remain competitive in a global trading economy, Concern that to remain competitive in a global trading economy, nations needed to “wire up” nations needed to “wire up” Provide businesses, workers and consumers access to the Provide businesses, workers and consumers access to the Internet for education, retail, entertainment Internet for education, retail, entertainment Frontier metaphors often used Frontier metaphors often used Essential for economic transformation away from industrial to service/ Essential for economic transformation away from industrial to service/ information economies: the so-called “innovation agenda” information economies: the so-called “innovation agenda” In Canada, wired telco/cable providers dominated agenda: wireless In Canada, wired telco/cable providers dominated agenda: wireless only now emerging only now emerging Cmns 130 Cmns 130 Building the Internet Building the Internet Nations regulate telecommunications internationally: Nations regulate telecommunications internationally: agree on bandwidth of electronic transmission, spacing agree on bandwidth of electronic transmission, spacing of satellites, sharing of costs/ interconnection of satellites, sharing of costs/ interconnection Also develop technical standards for interconnection Also develop technical standards for interconnection ( IP protocols such as MP3) ( IP protocols such as MP3) This is the international standards role of nations, This is the international standards role of nations, businesses and technical experts in creating a market businesses and technical experts in creating a market for technology, and ensuring consumers don’t buy for technology, and ensuring consumers don’t buy technology which will not work technology which will not work Business play a bigger and bigger role influencing this Business play a bigger and bigger role influencing this shadow world of standards: citizens underrepresented shadow world of standards: citizens underrepresented But: companies still need states to rule on standards But: companies still need states to rule on standards Cmns 130 Cmns 130 Definition of New Media Definition of New Media Digital communication Digital communication Used in the production, distribution and Used in the production, distribution and reception of communication reception of communication Involves use of new communication Involves use of new communication networks: Internet as mass medium networks: Internet as mass medium Cmns 130 Cmns 130 Information Revolution Information Revolution Digitization: using computers to Digitization: using computers to store,manipulate and transmit information in store,manipulate and transmit information in form of speech, text, data, and video more form of speech, text, data, and video more cheaply and faster than every before. cheaply and faster than every before. Networking: distributed, fast digital networks Networking: distributed, fast digital networks wired and wireless wired and wireless Convergence: refers to merging of what were Convergence: refers to merging of what were three separate industries: telecommunications, three separate industries: telecommunications, computing, and electronics or broadcasting computing, and electronics or broadcasting Cmns 130 Cmns 130 Characteristics of New Characteristics of New Media Media Convergence of telecommunications Convergence of telecommunications and entertainment/broadcast media and entertainment/broadcast media industries industries Wire or wireless communication Wire or wireless communication Point to point or addressable Point to point or addressable Interactive ( two way) ( now multiple Interactive ( two way) ( now multiple conferencing) conferencing) Cmns 130 Cmns 130
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