creativity and new media

new media is where creative minded individuals get to showcase their creativity to the world. not only that, new media also gives less creative minded individuals the encouragement to be more creative. new media is an acceptable platform for people to show their work. a very good example is YouTube, Facebook, twitter, and Pinterest. these are social media site where people share their ideas through videos, in writing and photos. like the article in new york times about the parody videos and Disney accepting it. i think the idea about Disney not opposing these talented individual ideas is because of the creativity behind it. on the other hand, linked in is another new media platform where creativity comes to play when it comes to marketing your skills. so many thoughts are put into putting words that describes ones skills in order to get peoples attention.

another way new media have promoted creativity is the visual aspect of it. individuals get to put their true self forward in order for the audience to see. ideas can be shared in real time. also, it is like an archive where audience can always go back to and watch or read at any point in time.

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/media/24crank.html?_r=0