CIS 3810 Project: Analysis of New Media in Entertainment

The new media in entertainment has both positive and negative effects on society. I will be researching the positive and negative effects of new media in entertainment by using scholarly sources and online articles about new media. I will analyze my research and determine how new media effects society as a whole and how it effects individuals within society. I may also survey a random sample of individuals to ask them how they think new media in entertainment has both positive and negative effects in society. Below is a list of examples of the positive and negative effects that new media in entertainment has on society:

Positive Effects on Society:

• People can get instant access to world news through the Internet from online news websites
• People can reconnect with old friends/elementary school classmates through social networks
• The new media in entertainment is convenient for people to access
• People can watch television shows and movies by paying and downloading online or by watching for free on a television network's website (with advertisements)
• It is easier to communicate with people via e-mail and VOIP (i.e., Skype, Google Voice)

Negative Effects on Society:

• Children are spending more time on the Internet and spending less time outdoors
• The new media in entertainment may be addictive and disruptive to daily activities
• People's personal information may be sold to others without their approval/knowledge
• People become lazy
• Government and politics may make relations between foreign countries fragile