New Media is multiple things and not just one, and the main things being two way interactions, on demand, online exchange, a way of communication, assccesible by internet etc. New media has many of ways to enhance the user’s learning … their technical skills,  but at the same time there are big amounts of parasites on it too and fake news that convinces some people easily and spreads and infects others with wrong ideas, but when it comes to  new media in general  it is very resourceful and useful when used properly on the bottom side of the new media pyrmaid with the more healthy media to consume.  Media consumption is usually fragmented by people by using multiple different types of media in different times of the day to be more organized, and to not consume all at once.  An example could be the user listens to some music on the bus to school, after school maybe watch a bit of Youtube after that.  Sometime after that the viewer might be using media for school like literature or articles for a project etc.  Many parents tend to help their children to fragment their media consumption better by incouraging sports and going outside, “back into the lives of children” (Scott Bedley 2017). The main point is that fragmented media is using media at different times.  Some ways everyone can use to consume media is being careful and safe when browsing websites.  A well known strategie to use is seeing if there is a green lock or if it is “http” or “https” to see if its secured. Another way is checking when the wbesite was last updated, if it’s made by a know company or someone that is relvant or not.  One of the easier ways is reading through and if  there are spelling mistakes it might not be a good choice of a website.  An important one is the domain and if it is “.net” it would not be a good idea and “.edu” would be bettter for education.

Kiev, Ukraine – January 11, 2016: Background of famous social media icons such as: Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Linkedin, Tumblr, Myspace and others, printed on paper.