Question #4: How is your experience with traditional media different from your experience with new media?

I was born in 1999 and my experience with traditional media involves phone calls on the landline and emailing back and forth. It involves flip phones or the cellphones with slide out keyboards. I remember getting home from elementary school and calling my friends on the landline or checking for emails instead of text messages. Now, I cannot remember the last time I touched the landline and I only use my email for work purposes. I witnessed the introduction of the touch screen and high-speed internet and it changed the way I experienced media immensely. 
When the first iPhone was released, I was seven years old and I recall my dad being amazed that such a thing was possible. It changed the game for my family. Once my dad got his hands on his first iPhone, we never looked back. My being so young when all this new technology was released meant that I grew up with it. Waiting for someone to reply to my email became absurd because why couldn’t I just instant message them and get a response instantly? We stopped giving out our home phone number because nobody ever used it. My experience with media changed even more as a teenager when social media started to become popular. I remember how big of a deal Snapchat was among my friend group when it came out. Even cable TV has slowly disappeared from my life, Netflix took its place.
When you ask me about my use of traditional media, I will be honest and tell you I have little experience with it. I have spent the majority of my life being immersed in the magic of new media that traditional media became obsolete in my lifestyle. I believe people these days have made tradition out of new media.

 Hannah M.
CMNS 201
Athabasca University 

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