Comments on: 5 New Media Facts and Fallacies http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/2009/01/10/5-new-media-facts-and-fallacies/ The Intersection Between Public Relations and the News Media Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike McDowell http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/2009/01/10/5-new-media-facts-and-fallacies/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Mike McDowell Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:23:30 +0000 http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/?p=411#comment-489 Good post, Bob. It really does make me think about the progression and the realities of what we are calling "new media" or "social media." I suppose it really comes down to the adage of "knowledge is power." Which, is really about those with the information held the power. We have long struggled to keep information from being monopolized, and therefore power monopolized. I guess we have been seeing either an increase in tools, or awareness of tools, that is causing us to be enamored lately with "new media" (even though, as you state, it is not really new). We are able to "socially" share information with greater ease (ie - seemingly infinite forms of immediate self-publishing), and not always depending on a finite number of sources. At any rate, I enjoyed this post, and it helps to put some of these new media movements in historical context. Good post, Bob. It really does make me think about the progression and the realities of what we are calling “new media” or “social media.” I suppose it really comes down to the adage of “knowledge is power.” Which, is really about those with the information held the power. We have long struggled to keep information from being monopolized, and therefore power monopolized. I guess we have been seeing either an increase in tools, or awareness of tools, that is causing us to be enamored lately with “new media” (even though, as you state, it is not really new). We are able to “socially” share information with greater ease (ie – seemingly infinite forms of immediate self-publishing), and not always depending on a finite number of sources.

At any rate, I enjoyed this post, and it helps to put some of these new media movements in historical context.

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