iMedia Framing Questions

1. Interactive media is more than just multimedia tools we use to our advantage. It also affects us individually and socially in social science ways (fields of study that seek to explain how people operate within societies by using the scientific method to study social phenomena). What areas of social sciences are included within the interactive media umbrella and how so? How are we impacted by these as individuals and on a social level?
2. Normative theory address not how things are, but how they should be. This seems to refer to predetermined rules, but new media encourage personal liberty. Theory somewhat contradicts this notion so although we can brainstorm how new media will operate, can we control it?
3. Right now it seems like new media is available to the public. However, although it is available doesn’t mean it is accessible, financially speaking. How will new media be shaped with it is more readily available to more individuals.
4. What are the pro’s and con’s of qualitative and quantitative method? Is one better than another?
5. Now more than ever, I feel like we are at a constantly evolving state in the growth and functionality of multimedia. Although we can use media determinism to understand how society ends up being structured, I don’t believe their is a perfect answer to the future of new media right now. It seems as if there are many theories, but many lack support that will be better developed through time. Do you?

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