Nov 2019 - 'The new media has weakened the power of the traditional media'. Assess this view. (16) May 2015 - 'The new media are now much more powerful than the traditional media'. Assess this view. (16)
Conclusion
Certain traditional media still important
Criticism - new media associated with many issues - trolling, cyberbullying, abuse, death threats
New media - greater choice with regards to identity
State regulation & Censorship
Post modernists - social changes/ more choice/ diversity
Traditional Marxists - this perspective less relevant with regards to new media
Pluralists - diversity of information/choice
Features/ characteristics of new media
Hypertextual
Accessibility
Audience/user power
Interactivity
Convergence
Some old media today exists in new media formats
Social networks - virtual communities
Digital Media
Audience for new media is larger than traditional media forms like the newspaper
