Sunday, 7 May 2017

Emergence of new media vs classic communities

According to stanford.edu, social context can be defined as the environment of people that surrounds something's creation or intended audience. It reflects how people interpret it and how they use it. The emergence of new media has introduced a new pattern of sociality where people tend to do something to enable the to be associated or form a social group having the same interest.

The rise of social media platforms where networks such as Facebook enables us to share and upload videos from various sources(Youtube) to enable people to view it directly on Facebook without actually searching on the original Website. For example, Rahim Pardesi's videos can be watched on Facebook instead of his Youtube channel. Will it affect the pattern of people really tuning into his original channel and really follow up or just randomly shroll through?

Another example would be reading news and articles online instead of the classic paper newspaper. Does it lead to a loss of community who actually reads the paper newspaper or the rise of a new pattern of sociality who depends on Internet articles and e-newspapers? Do give your opinions on this issue.

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