Old vs. New

Well new media has the 5 C's communication, collaboration, community, creativity and convergence. These characteristics are a way to distinguish the new from the old. Old media usually does not posses these characteristics. I would describe old media as the older version of what is considered new media today. For example books are a form of old media...but they have been transformed into new media by making them modern, and more appealing to today's consumer by the way of ebooks. Another way to distinguish the new from the old is the use of the Internet. Most new media can be accessed fast and online. Sources of old media are usually slower and less convenient like lets say music on records or cd's. It is very rare that you find someone still using a walk man cd player as opposed to an Ipod which is a form of new media, but is simply an updated way of hearing music. In order to use the ipod you need the Internet, and to use a cd walk man you don't. I believe new media is fueled by convenience and extravagance, as opposed to old media which was the old way of doing things but have been improved by the forms of new media.