Importance of "New Media"

What was referred as New Media a decade ago was very different then previous technology. The bigger evolution is that ten years after that, technology has exploded and evolved but evolved differently then what we thought.

In the 1960s shows like The Jetsons saw the 2000s, as the new age. Life itself would be very different. This was perceived thought all sorts of media. Movies like Demolition Man starring Sylvester Stallone which shows Stallone entering the future to unheard things. Movies like Blade runner starring Harrison Ford which perceive the future as a place that is better and more superior to the world we currently are living in.

Now in 2015, we are not living in a world with robots, or shuttles, or anything like we thought it was going to be like in our science fiction movies. We live in a world with the ipods, smartphones, tablets, smart televisions, 3-D movies, and high end computers. Our world is so dependent on the internet and it's devices. Simple things like banking is used on such devices. I mean we can't go anywhere or do anything anymore without computers. You pick up a book, it was made through machines, most likely written through a computer of some sort.

Things that I enjoy like vinyl records were not popular five years ago. Now in 2015, they make vinyl records of mainstream bands. Technology seems to recycle itself, but the wave of fans of vinyl records are not nearly as big as fans of the ipod or the ipad. Vinyl records now are made limited edition to increase it's popularity and it's value. People don't buy vinyl records to listen to anymore, they buy it as a collector. I want to buy the new vinyl lp to listen to it; it's more easier to get it off of Itunes or take it off youtube. It's really that easy to take music in 2015.

Some days New Media gets me confused. The simple things I was bale to do two years ago, I have a hard time with because, hey we changed this and this and now you need to buy this product to do this. I remember when it was a simple wire to hook up a VCR to a TV. Now to get a Blue-ray player to work with my TV, I need to buy a HDMI cable for ten dollars, when the old wires I could go to the dollar store and get a simple component wire. Times have changed, but really are they better?