Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Communications - Multimedia,
Internet, New Technologies, grade: A, ( Atlantic International
University ), course: Journalism, language: English, abstract: New Media
refers to cell phones with the power of computers ten years ago, high
speed internet available anywhere without requiring a desktop computer,
and rapid communications which can transfer not just voice files, but
data of all sorts. Since the so called Arab Spring(s) starting in
2011-2012, it has been argued famously that these "revolutions" were
made possible by the rapidity of communication. In other words, that new
media made the transfer of ideas from one place to another easier and
instantaneous. Ideas mean here video, audio, data or files containing
anything and everything. However, the data suggest that this is not the
case. Even if it were the case, that this new media is so class based
(at least in the developing world) that it can be as dangerous as it is
beneficial.