Creativity

The idea of new media itself is very creative. Ten years ago, we could not even imagine some of the ways that media has changed. For example, instead of books and magazines we now have the web and instead of the news sometimes we would rather watch YouTube. Media has drastically changed and one of the ways is that it has become so much more creative. New media allows for people to be themselves.
For example, social networking sites allow people to just be themselves and express themselves in ways that were not possible in the past. Sites such as Facebook and twitter allow people to post their feelings. Even this blog is a creative piece of work because I am expressing my feelings while I am writing here. This creativity also ties people together because people can read and comment on them or just express their own opinions.
New media also allows us to enter worlds that are incredible. For example, new media offers virtual worlds that give people the opportunity to be anything they want to be. In virtual worlds, users also have the potential to be whoever they want to be, however they want to be. Therefore, even users get to use their creative sides. Furthermore, sites like YouTube and even Skype allow users to post videos and share videos that foster creativity. For example, from the article, "Disney Tolerates a Rap parody of its Critters, But why?", we learn that Disney allows YouTube users to make a parody of their characters because it allows for users to utilize their creativity. I personally think that YouTube users do an amazing job fostering creativity because they also market various music videos, songs, and video blogs, etc. As a conclusion, new media allows people to use and utilize their creativity which I believe will only increase as time passes.