Old vs. New

One of the main ways in which New Media is different from old media is the sense of distribution. Before the dawn of the internet, if someone wanted to send a check to another person they had to send it in the mail and wait a few days and then wait for it to clear. Now, with the internet and online banking, one is able to instantly send money from one account to the next and have it in the other persons back within minutes. For example, Chase.com offers individuals the opportunity to send other individuals who have a Chase account to send money and once approved by the other party, have it automatically applied to their account. Additionally, the sense of distribution applies to the fact that many companies who used to rely on various means of delivery have far less to worry about. Today, rather then relying on delivery boys and the printers, many online magazines and news outlets simply publish new articles and posts with the click of a button. The costs of maintaining a business is far less thanks to the emergence of new methods of distribution.

Secondly, the idea of ones ability to access any piece of information in less than a second is another huge change. One is literally able to type in any question in the world on google.com and have the answer within minutes. Before Google however, and before the internet, one needed to actually do some work to find answers like go to libraries and find the proper book to find the answer. The idea of instant access has revolutionized the idea of media in the sense that individuals have the ability to see whats happening in the world within seconds.