The form of new media that I picked is “MySpace”, due to the
big impact it had when it first came out and everybody was using it. I think it should be considered more than
just a smaller potato due to the impact that it had “in its time” with letting
you create your own page, make bulletin boards, create a music page and also
talk to your friends with private messages. MySpace has made “Communicating
with friends and loved ones has never been easier” before MySpace communication
online has not been that easy to use or used very “consistent”. Before MySpace “people was never able to
leave personal comments and see how people are doing in just a few seconds; a
big step up from snail mail” this is why you cannot forget about this “kind of
media” because it made the way for the ideas of the “new media technology” by
keeping MySpace around it lets everybody knows where it all started from. The
whole idea for MySpace was to “strengthen ties with friends and family, you can
maintain and better current friendships by using profile information to relate
or identify. You can even find out information about fellow-students or
co-workers and make new friends much more easily than ever” this is something
that you can never forget about and these are the main reasons why people
should still use it more “even though it is not as popular as it used to be.
1. You can put information about yourself when creating your
page “what you like etc.”
2. It allows you to start group chats post pictures, music,
and look on other people pages.
3. MySpace allows you to search and find people in different
state, cities and also is one of the first ways people used to do online dating
“by viewing people pages or pictures”.
4. This is how friends used to keep in contact, “messaging,
post comments on page.
With all the good MySpace has to offer there should be no
other reason why it would disappear “I think is on the verge of a major comeback”
due to the unhappy people that are using the new media that is around
know. Most people would rather go back
to the “basics” instead of being forced to deal with the new media “and the
problems it can or may cause to certain people” if it wasn’t for MySpace people
would be lost when it comes to using “these new media”. This is what made the way for the creation
for “more new media” and if MySpace was not a success there wouldn’t be “as
many new media for people to used due to the success rate”.
Myspace at the time of its creation was, in fact, groundbreaking. The ability to add whatever a user chose brought this social media site to the forefront of the public eye. Since its return, myspace now offers something that other social media sites can't possibly offer, nostalgia. Updating pictures and likes becomes a walk down memory lane rather then just part of the deal. Many users might find it refreshing to return to an old site that has been redone. Given that the user information can be retrieved, I could post on the exact same site I was posting on years before.
ReplyDeleteOne concern I had about returning to Myspace was that it would be a dead site with nothing new or interesting to offer. As it turns out, the number of users has grown from 31 million users to over 36 million users according to DigitalTrends (McHugh). That article was written in 2013, so the number has more then likely increased since then. Overall, I would say that there is enough growth to justify joining the site without fear of belonging to an empty site.
“Myspace Now Boasts 36M Users and a 340 Percent Increase in Artists Using the Network.” Molly McHugh. http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/myspace-releases-new-user-numbers/#!DqDFm. Web. October 1, 2013.