Prologue

Our generation at present or should I say “Generation Y” as some may say is very modern. According to my research, new media is handy on any digital device, generally covering interactive user feedback and creative partaking. Common samples of new media include websites such as social networking sites/social media, video games, online newspapers, wikis and blog which you are reading right now.  A major characteristic of new media is dialogue or interchange. New Media convey a subject through connection and discussion/conversation. It allows people around the world to share, comment and discuss a wide variety of topics. Unlike any of past technologies, New Media is based on a collaborative community. Media nowadays is considered a window for learning and is also considered to be our main window to the world. New media grew from easy texts in papers, to voices in radios, to voices with pictures and motion in television and in movies, to a very broad and information filled the internet.

Media works a significant role in our society today. It is everywhere, from the shows we watch and music we listen to on the television, to the books and magazines we read every day. This change to our society made a big leap to our generation and helps us to grow more. There are a lot of good effects and there are also some bad effects in our society. People nowadays are very modern and media never fails to be a part of it. The internet plays a major role in media.  At the present time you can even watch shows on your mobile phone, play games, download music and we have access on different social media like facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, twitter, Pinterest, vine and many more. These social networking sites benefit us in so many ways. It helped us to communicate with other people even though we don’t know them, we can make more friends through these sites with the help of, of course, the internet. We can also search for what we want to know with google, online newspapers, Wikipedia, etc. Video games are also under the new media category, it relieves our stress sometimes by playing our favorite games. New media can be very influential. Some of the bad influences are not being able to socialize with people whom they are near to, not being able to eat properly, and not getting enough sleep. 

As for my experience with new media, it was very helpful but there are some that I consider as bad influence. New media helped me to communicate with my mom and my brother abroad. My mom and I used to e-mail and I was using Yahoo! around 2010, I think even though I already have a facebook account. When my mom’s phone changed to an android unit we suggested that she make an account to so we can communicate easier and faster. She also made Viber and I’m able to talk to my brother through Line. These social media benefits my relationship with them a lot. I also had a fake facebook account, but it was for all good intentions. There is this world called the “roleplayer world” or as we there call it RPW. I started in RPW when I was in my 1st year of highschool around 2011 or maybe 2012, I don’t really remember much. I first started to make a fake account of a famous Korean idol without the intention of entering that world. As time goes by and I met different people from other countries, I found a group for Filipino roleplayers and they roleplay their favorite Korean idols. They even to fan service, but they inform those fans that they’re not the real one. In RPW, I made tons of friends from around the country and even from other countries to. I even got to meet two of them who live in my region as well and the other is my best friend. We went to a concert last June 27 together. And I can say that new media helped me to make more friends, communicate with my mom and as well as express my feelings better.