What is New Media?

New media is based on the belief that we are currently living in a “Post-digital” age, but as I discussed in the post about this weeks reading, I do not believe we are “, but I will discuss this era, as it is still a major development in the timeline of graphic design

Examples of new media are:

• Forums and Chat Rooms
• Email
• Social Networking Sites
• Content Aggregators
• Virtual Reality
• Online Gaming
• Blogs
• Portals
• Social News Sites

So What Counts as Post-Digital?

Personally, I am not too sure of this answer, even with further online research, it is hard to narrow down, but I believe it starts around the time when smartphones were created. This was the start of putting screens and/or internet capabilities on everything, as discussed in the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT believes that everything that can be connected to the internet will be connected to the internet, and with recent advancements, such as the Smart Lights that can be controlled by an app and refrigerators that tell you when food is about to go off, this statement could not be more true.

https://www.mesh-net.co.uk/what-is-the-internet-of-things-iot/internet-of-things-graph/

Example of The Internet of Things (Going too Far)

The Smalt Shaker, as implied by its name, is a smart salt shaker that uses an app on ones phone to play music, set the colour of the shaker, and most importantly, dispense precise amounts of salt. It is currently a project being funded on Indigogo (as of 2017) and has 51 supporters. All jokes aside, I did chose this for not only comedic purposes, but also to convey the how accurate The Internet of Things theory is, showing that even something as menial as a salt shaker can be digital.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/8/3/16088526/smalt-smart-salt-shaker-app-alexa-smartphone