Azizah new media

New media has become a very powerful tool in the spreading and gathering of information worldwide, introducing foreign cultures to locals and inevitably, making the world more connected than before. On a global level, new media has been responsible in providing a more efficient and effective medium for people to get connected and be well-informed about issues concerning other countries or nations, which may not be easily accessible without new media such as the internet. With new media, our perspectives on world issues have broaden as different people and countries are able to spread their opinions to other parts of the world. People also have become more aware of the problems faced by other people as new media is able to publish advertisements or aid campaign online to raise awareness. Such campaign is Oxfam, which has online forum.

Before being widely-used, we could only rely on conventional media tools such as television, radio and print media. Although these have served to be reliable sources of information, it is not sufficient to keep up with the constant happenings in the world, hence such news and information lack attention and publicity. With the advent of new media, there are so many sources we could turn to such as online forums and news, Youtube and even social networking sites. People use such mediums to spread messages and create petitions on certain issues. Therefore, new media is beneficial to us in terms of efficacy in making issues known.