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50 Examples of New Media (2024)

John Spacey, September 25, 2021 updated on May 10, 2023

New media is any means of communicating that didn't exist 50 years ago. In other words, new media is contemporary media that was first introduced in the lifetimes of people who are alive today. New media is largely based on digital technologies such as computers, networks and digital screens. The following are illustrative examples of new media.

Augmented Reality	Blogs
Chat Platforms	Collaboration Platforms
Computer Animation	Digital Advertising
Digital Billboards	Digital Comments
Digital Music	Digital Photographs
Digital Radio	Digital Reviews
Digital Video	Digital Voice (e.g. Voice Over Ip)
Ebooks	Electronic Documents
Email	Forums
Holograms	Immersive Experiences
Installation Art	Interactive Advertising
Interactive Art	Interactive Films
Interactive Media	Interactive Television
Livestreaming	Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMO)
Mixed Reality	Mobile Apps
Mobile Messaging	Multimedia
Photo Sharing Platforms	Podcasts
Satellite Radio	Sensory Media
Social Media	Social Networking
Software	Space Networks
Streaming Media	Telecommuting Platforms
Video Games	Video Sharing Platforms
Videoconferencing	Virtual Presence
Virtual Reality	Virtual Worlds
Vlogs	Websites

Augmented reality is the integration of digital entities into the real world and vice versa.

Immersive experiences are media that surround you such that you feel that you are inside the media. For example, a theme park attraction that transports you to a simulated world.

Sensory media is any media that goes beyond sight and sound. For example, haptic feedback in a video game.

Virtual presence is the simulation of an individual's presence in a place. For example, a robot that simulates a worker's presence deep in a mineshaft.

Any software that is used to communicate can be considered media. For example, a flight reservation system that is used to communicate between employees and customers about the status of flights and bookings.

Space networks are communication and data networks that operate in space.

New media is subject to a broad trend known as media convergence whereby all media is becoming more similar with time. For example, video games that are as realistic as films and films that are as interactive as video games.