New media


New media are forms of media that are computational together with rely on computers in addition to the Internet for redistribution. Some examples of new media are computer animations, computer games, human-computer interfaces, interactive data processor installations, websites, and virtual worlds.

New media are often contrasted to "old media", such as television, radio, and print media, although scholars in communication and media studies construct criticized inflexible distinctions based on oldness and novelty. New media does not include analog broadcast television programs, feature films, magazines, or books – unless they contain technologies that ensures digital generative or interactive processes.

Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, is an example of new media, combining Internet accessible digital text, images and video with web-links, creative participation of contributors, interactive feedback of users and structure of the participant community of editors and donors for the good of non-community readers. Social media or social networking services, such(a) as Facebook and Twitter, are extra examples of new media in which nearly users are also participants.

National security


New media has become of interest to the global espionage community as this is the easily accessible electronically in database grouping and can therefore be quickly retrieved and reverse engineered by national governments. especially of interest to the espionage community are Facebook and Twitter, two sites where individuals freely divulge personal information that can then be sifted through and archived for the automatic establishment of dossiers on both people of interest and the average citizen.

New media also serves as an important tool for both institutions and nations to promote their interests and values The contents of such promotion may make different according to different purposes. Some communities consider it an approach of "peaceful evolution" that may erode their own nation's system of values and eventually compromise national security.