This introduction explains how much media has evolved, and the vast differences between "old" media and "new" media. With the invention of the computer, the future of new media is looking to be very interactively centered. One of the main differences between the new and old media stems from the new media's ability to let the user interact with it. Before the computer, media was limited to books, newspapers and films. It even told how old films didn't have "re-runs", but the actors would perform the act all over again each time it was shown. The new technologies used by graphic designers are taking media to all new heights.
I really enjoyed this article, because it put into perspective how far media has come, and the constraints it had to deal with before are being eliminated by the expanding technologies of the computer. With all of these new "virtual worlds" used in videogames, theme parks, etc., it is easy to see just how much media has evolved. Graphic designers now have so many more possibilities, and a wide variety of fields to go into.
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