Unit 1, Outcome 3
New Media
On completion of this unit the student should be able to discuss the creative and cultural implications of new media technologies for the production and consumption of media products.
Key knowledge
This knowledge includes
· the nature of new media technologies, such as cable, satellite, broadband, streamed, networked, interactive and other computer-based systems, and the relationship between new media technologies and existing media technologies;
· changes in media production and consumption that the emergence of new media technologies introduce; for example, mobile telephone downloads, use of digital printing processes in photography, home entertainment systems, participation in virtual and responsive media environments, digital media transfer such as SMS, MP3 and streamed video and the availability of video and digital information and entertainment on mobile and fixed display screens;
· creative and cultural changes, possibilities and/or problems occurring in society as a result of the emergence of new media technologies; for example, interactive and digital television data streaming, copyright issues related to online file sharing, digital video installations and networked galleries on the Internet.
Key skills
These skills include the ability to
· identify and describe characteristics of new media technologies;
· analyse the relationships between new and existing media technologies;
· discuss how the emergence of new media technologies have affected media production and the circulation and consumption of media products;
· analyse the creative and cultural impact of new media technologies.
Task
How has the internet changed the way we learn and are entertained?
Choose a research topic from the list below:
Streamed video Internet radio
Browsers Chat
E zines Online games
Online galleries Social networking
Music downloads
Research your topic and the technology that has made it possible. Some questions you may like to consider:
Media forms and texts
· Who uses the media form or text you are studying?
· What does it offer a user that was not possible before?
· What are the problems created by this new media form or text?
Technology
· What is the technology that created this media form or text and how does it work?
· How did this technology develop?
· What links does this technology have with older technologies and what, if any, has it replaced?
· What technical, administrative or ethical problems does this technology pose for consumers?
· What is the future for this technology?
Prepare a report IN YOUR OWN WORDS detailing your research findings. Don't forget a Bibliography
Due: Friday, 8th June