Category:Week 1 (8/31 - 9/4)


 * The "New" in New Media
 * Forms of New Media
 * Social Networking Sites (Web 2.0 applications), cell phones, internet, etc.
 * Old forms of Media
 * telephone, radio, newspaper, etc.
 * These forms become old because of changes in format and changes in technology
 * What is "New" about New Media
 * It is non-traditional: News does not have to come from "The News" anymore
 * The devices are new
 * Very fast accessibility
 * Access to many different people
 * Speed of communication and method of delivery
 * How does New Media transform other forms of media and also rely on them?
 * Ex: Diary vs. Blog. The Blog relies on the format of a diary, but had transformed the format and accessability
 * Ex: Online Newspapers allow news to get out quicker, while relying on the format of traditional newspapers
 * When does New Media become old?
 * New Media becomes old when something new comes along and makes the old version faster, easier, and more accessabile.
 * Internet verses World Wide Web
 * Internet: Global data communications system; a network of networks; systems of hardware and software that make up the infrastructure allowing computers to be connected to one another
 * World Wide Web: A collection of interconnected pages that are found on the Internet; largest hyperlink system
 * History of the Internet: Late 1950's
 * Soviets launched Spudnik and there was a technology race
 * The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA or DARPA) in February 1958
 * They developed ARPAnet, the predecessor to the global Internet
 * First "packet switching" network in the world
 * "Packet Switching" is the process by which data is split into smaller units called packets, which are sent over a shared network
 * The first message was sent over ARPAnet in October 1969
 * Other key developments in the 1950's
 * Development of DARPA Internet Protocol Suite: A language that allows more than one network to be connected (TCP/IP)
 * 1985: National Science Foundation (NSF) commissions NSFnet and later makes the important decision to adopt the TCP/IP protocols
 * 1990: ARPAnet is retired and transferred to NSFnet
 * NSFnet expands and connects to other networks, first to Universities in North America and then to research facilities in Europe
 * Mid 1990's: US government transfers management to independent organizations