What is New Media? -Vin Crosbie

1-What are the three transportation media? What is the difference between a transport medium and a transport vehicle?

– The three transportation media are land, water and air. The difference between a transport medium and a transport vehicle is that a transport medium is a way to travel. For example it can be by land, water and air. A transport vehicle is how you travel.

2-What are the three communication media? Give examples of communication media vs. communication vehicles. Email uses which communication medium?

– One to one. –  Postal letter, telephone call, and electronic mail.

– One to many – A speech, newspapers, and radio.

– Many to many – Internet, blogs and facebook.

3-What are the advantages/disadvantages of interpersonal communication? of broadcast communication?

– The advantages of interpersonal communication are each participant in it has equal and mutual control of the subject matter conveyed. That content can be individualized to each participant’s unique needs and interests. The disadvantage is more people participating in a conversation, the less control each has over its content and how well that content matches the participant’s individual needs and interests.

– The advantages of broadcast communication is that exactly the same content goes to all recipients and the one who sends it has complete control over the content. The disadvantage is its content can’t be individualized to each person’s unique needs and interests and the recipients have no control over that content.

4-What are the characteristics of the New Medium? Is a many-to-many communication possible without the new technology of laptop, iphone and internet?

– The characteristics of the New Medium are that its uniquely individualized information can simultaneously be delivered or displayed to a potentially infinite number of people and each of the people are involved. I do not believe it is possible to have this medium without the help of technology.