Creativity

Blogs, social networking sites, wikis and video chats are some of the examples of new media. New media has definitely made our lives easier. It has not only contributed in the entertainment world but also in the academic sector. Take an example of this class: Instead of being in school, we are taking this class while we're at home sitting in our comfy couch. I've also had other classes where blogs were used as one of the ways to connect with the professor and the other fellow classmates. I think that using blogs and wikis are creative sides of new media itself. Moreover, think about skype. I use skype to talk to my family and friends back home. It feels like I'm at home when i'm talking to them online. In virtual world, people can be creative and develop their own imaginary world with everything they want. People who are physically disabled can use avatars and dance/run in their second life.

In addition, take an example of youtube. This site has allowed people to become creative day by day. People use this site to post songs, movies, personal videos, lectures, cooking lessons and much much more. Today's big artists such as Justin Beiber[not his fan :) ] was discovered in you tube. Some of my favorite videos that went viral are Charlie bit me and the (JK Wedding).

The article Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers says, "Technology companies have been the most active in relying on others to innovate for them. This is in large part because the Internet lets people exchange ideas easily and rapidly with large groups, and computing tools let people design new products cheaply". To support this point they give an example of flickr and explain that flickr first started out as the gaming site but when they noticed that the users were posting their pictures more than they were using the site for gaming, they changed the theme and made flickr to upload pictures.