2.  Introduction
 Roles of New Media
 Impact of New Media
 Conclusion
 Bibliography

3.  New Media -the term is used to define all
that are related to the internet and the
interplay between technology, images and
sound
 New media has provided space for audience
to exercise freedom of expression, views
and opinions
 Rapid technological development has
created an unique phenomenon that is New
Media

4.  Information is readily available at fingertip
 Advancement in digital technology has
enabled people to upload almost anything,
post, discuss, interact and comment
 When World Wide Web became popular in
mid 1990, it enabled people to share
information in ways that were never possible

6.  As an example, in USA, more than 60% adults
use social media, like Facebook and Twitter. On
these platforms, they not only share their
general thoughts, but they do share what they
think about politics. They follow different
politicians, take part in various surveys and
discussions, and last but not least, influence
and get influenced by others’ thoughts. It shows
that most of the people using social media take
interest in political events taking place around
them.

9.  Changes in the pattern of
interaction and social
relationship
 Potential to change the
fundamental character of
social life or at a societal
level
 Information can be
delivered to all of the
community speedily, and
this would impact all
segments of society

10.  The first event that
changed the landscape of
social democracy took
place in 1994. The
Zapatista Army of National
Liberation Army in
Chiapas, Mexico used new
media for political activism,
particularly politically
motivated communication
to its supporters in Mexico
and world wide.

11.  In the year 2000, social
movements in Serbia
have mobilized a large
number of people to
question the oppressive
political regime, that
directly contributed to
the fall of President
Slobodan Milosevic. The
social network based
movement was
established by a group
of university students in
October 1998.

12.  In the year 2008,
hundreds of thousands
of people marched in
Bogotá, the capital of
Colombia, to protest the
continuous violence by
the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia. All
information regarding the
protest was transmitted
and disseminated via
Facebook.

13.  Arab Spring, has always been used to refer
to revolution led by everyday people through
new media.
 The implication is how the new media is
used to encourage democracy and in an
effective manner.
 It is established that the internet can directly
impact a democratic system.

14.  The story of programming prodigy
and information activist Aaron Swartz.
From Swartz's help in the
development of the basic internet
protocol RSS to his co-founding of
Reddit, it was groundbreaking work in
social justice and political organizing
combined with his aggressive
approach to information access that
ensnared him in a two year legal
nightmare. It was a battle that ended
with the taking of his own life at the
age of 26. Aaron's story touched a
nerve with people far beyond the
online communities in which he was a
celebrity. This film is a personal story
about what we lose when we are tone
deaf about technology and its
relationship to our civil liberties.

15.  In January 2013, Laura Poitras
started receiving anonymous
encrypted e-mails from
"CITIZENFOUR," who claimed to
have evidence of illegal covert
surveillance programs run by the
NSA in collaboration with other
intelligence agencies worldwide.
Five months later, she and
reporters Glenn Greenwald and
Ewen MacAskill flew to Hong
Kong for the first of many
meetings with the man who
turned out to be Edward
Snowden. She brought her
camera with her. The resulting
film is history unfolding before
our eyes.

16.  The challenges of democratization through media, the
government should institute a new law or bill that governs
dissemination of information so as to avoid misperception
and malice.
 This would mean that new media organization (online news
agency, information sites, etc.) should uphold conviction and
accountability in ensuring the dissemination of information.
 The definition of media literacy should also be extended to
include social media understanding, which teaches the
society not only to accept, but also to be capable of
interpreting and evaluating information from social media

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