What is new media?

When people think of new media the things that come first to their mind are blogs, wikis, podcasts, twitter, facebook and other social networking sites, etc. Indeed, they are right. All of the things listed above comprise one concept, new media. As Clive Thompson in his article "Thompson on how YouTube changes the way we think" notes, it changes the way we think and probably behave. By “it” he refers to video, YouTube in particular, but it can be referred to any form of new media.
Some think that new media is replacing the old one. I personally think that it only enhances or transforms the old media. Consider the example that is described in the article “Publisher rethinks the daily: it’s free and printed and has blogs all over” by C. Miller. A Chicago-based start-up decides to publish a newspaper consisting entirely of blogs surrounded by local ads. Another example is using TV screens for watching staff from a laptop. I find it great to explore new ways of using what we call the old media.