New Forms of Media Publishing

New forms of media emerge from the development of technology and most importantly the internet, where most of these new forms of media are published at large. A few examples of these are blogs, video logs, micro-blogs and etc. The positive in having new forms of media is that news and updates are disseminated almost instantaneously and they even provide a platform on which the public are able to interact (Oyanagi, 2010).

Twitter

With the introduction of Twitter a few years back, micro-blogging has become somewhat of a trend. Various celebrities and famous bloggers even have twitter handlers whereby people are allowed to 'follow' and receive instant updates or news from them. Even worldwide news organisations such as CNN and Al-Jazeera have adopted this concept as to provide their followers with breaking news and updates of any kind (Rao, 2010). Political wings have also learned that Twitter serves a perfect platform to gain support and votes of the younger generation (Zahiid, 2010).

YouTube

Video blogging is made possible with the existence of YouTube where any lay person is able to record material and post them up into their channels where subscription is possible. This eliminates the written blog custom as certain bloggers find that adopting this concept is even more interactive compared to written material as it offers audio and visual representations which relate more to the public (O'neill, 2010).

Facebook

Facebook is definitely in the driving seat where social networking is concerned. Media is published through various functions on Facebook, such as through notes and even groups that can be created (Naughton, 2009). People who wish to promote their products or organisations may do so by simply opening a fan page whereby people are able to obtain information by the simple task of 'liking' or subscribing your page.

With technological advancement and the arise of various platforms of new media, the call for freedom of speech is at a large request as the world wide web is known to be not owned by anyone specifically. Examples of freedom of speech issues would be Raja Petra's blog as well as NameWee's video on his distress with the Malaysian government (Zahiid, 2010)

References

Oyanagi.M 2010, Vol.22 – What Distinguishes Internet/Web From Traditional Media? , viewed 13 April 2012, <http://megoyanagi.thoseinmedia.com/2010/02/21/vol-22-%E2%80%93-what-distinguishes-internetweb-from-traditional-media/ >

  Naughton.J 2006, ‘Blogging and the emerging media ecosystem’, viewed 13 April 2012, <http://reuteursinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/about/discussion/blogging.html >

O’neill.M 2010, Is youtube the new American idol? , viewed 13 April 2012, <http://www.socialtimes.com/2010/04/is-youtube-the-new-american-idol/ >

 Rao.L 2010, Study:52 percent of bloggers consider themselves journalist, viewed 13 April 2012, <http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/01/study-52-percent-of-bloggers-consider-themselves-journalists/ >

Zahiid.S.J 2010, Blogging is so yesterday, politicians turn to twitter, The Malaysian insider, viewed 13 April 2012, <http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/52749-blogging-is-so-yesterday-politicians-turn-to-twitter >