Prometeus - The Media Revolution

The new and old media!

Basic on the frist lecture, the 'media' have been defined as being synonymous with television, radio and newspapers etc. but within the technolog developing, the computer being invented, which bring the 'new media' into people's social life such as internet, and the anther media become 'old'. From the video 'prometeus' shows, we can see how the media revolutiion using technolog to renew 'old media'. This new technologies are being used to create the new media for communicatins, more and more people research new, informations, and entertainment from internet. Also the 'new media' become most wild and fast medium in people's life.

But the new media we talking about now will become old soon and later, as we know from the lecture notice" All media identified as new are electric (unlike newspapers). However, not all electric media (e.g. 19th Century Telegraph) are now regarded as new media." . Within the new new media invent in the future, the internet will becomeing old, and the 'new media' also becoming 'old media'.