CCT300-Assignment2

Genres of digital media are difficult to define because digital media changes daily. Every day, new software, applications, hardware and websites are being created, and any of these new innovations can influence the direction in which new media will evolve. The World Wide Web, for example, radically changed the way the traditional media (like newspapers, television and radio) operates. Even business had to adapt to the changes brought about by the World Wide Web. The iPhone brought about the invention of the App; user-created applications that one can install onto an iPhone. You can use an iPhone to listen to music, watch movies, check your email, and so forth. Therefore there is a convergence of media all in one device. A phone used to be only for making phone calls; now you can video conference, take pictures, and do all the things already mentioned. So to classify things under one genre of media type doesn't make sense, as new media does so much more than just one required task.