Comments on: Social media and new media are not the same

By: Amanda Morrissette

Amanda Morrissette — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:41:00 +0000

I am not going to lie I love old media (not TV as much). I like to physical hold a newspaper or book and read. I don’t know what I would do without my morning radio show (Walton and Johnson) that I listen to everyday. Those things are lacking the ‘social’ aspect though and I love that as well. Being able to participate in news and respond definitely takes it to a whole other level.

By: Angelo Battaglia

Angelo Battaglia — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:44:00 +0000

They are different in many ways however similar in some ways as well. I agree that social media does require participation thus making in a “social”. The so called “New” media seems to be the same as old media just in a different dressing, simply delivered in a new technology. My Question is it possible for “Old” media to reinvent itself, possible have you local news station with Twitter comments running across the bottom on a ticker as we are now so a custom to seeing on the national news channel broadcast. If a local broadcast news station respond to twitter feeds for example during the broadcast sort of creating a hybrid media outlet. does anyone see something like that happening in the future?

By: JENMEDIA

JENMEDIA — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:36:00 +0000

THANK YOU …about time someone declared this. i’ve always considered social media to be a sub-set of new media; having it’s own purpose … to be “social.” you did a great job of explaining it here. -j

By: Zoe, Bosnia

Zoe, Bosnia — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:35:22 +0000

Well, yes and no… I agree that people use all those terms rather loosely, or as they say in my country : they mix frogs and grandmas…
I am just doing paper on new and social media for my college, and I am also trying to figure out the same, since there are so many terms, and there are no strict definitions. It's still a new field for the scientists – though you have number of “new” sciences emerging to research the field of information technologies and their impact…
Anyway, what I think is that the new media can be social ( and in most cases are!) just because of the fact that by using their communication channels – anyone can produce and disseminate media content ( printed, audio or video material) , which was not the case with the traditional, “industrial” media such as : newspapers, radio, TV…

By: Zoe, Bosnia

Zoe, Bosnia — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:35:22 +0000

By: Zoe, Bosnia

Zoe, Bosnia — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:35:22 +0000

By: Isha Edwards, Brand Mktg. Mgr.

Isha Edwards, Brand Mktg. Mgr. — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:13:47 +0000

Even though a dated blog, great breakdown and still relevant. When the dust finally settles between old and the current ‘new’ media, it’ll all be media as Chris advised. In the meantime, I believe it’s up to media and marketing pros to minimize the confusion by speaking the same language. Keep it simple and just use the two primary terms: old (or even traditional) and new media regardless of use.

By: Isha Edwards, Brand Mktg. Mgr.

Isha Edwards, Brand Mktg. Mgr. — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:13:47 +0000

By: CarolineDangson

CarolineDangson — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:53:04 +0000

I like this post. So many people are confused by these terms. I admit to getting confused myself. Thanks for the post because it clearly articulates the differences – you should add this to Wikipedia. (;

By: CarolineDangson

CarolineDangson — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:53:04 +0000