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new media  

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  • A term used in the 1970s to describe the development of mass communication media that used digital rather than analog technologies. The term tends to be used now for interactive digital technology, particularly that involving the Internet and cell phones. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Media, New]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/new_media

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