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Purpose: The Show and Tell of Defining New Media

What better way to define the dynamics of new media than to show it through this blog! My purpose is to showcase aspects of new media as I learn and create my own content for a college course I am taking this semester. I am a Professional and Technical Communication student at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. This Spring 2020 semester I enrolled in a course called “New Media for Technical Communication” because understanding new media is vital to my future. Professional and technical communicators must adapt to changes in media, test the many theories, and evolve the media they are communicating through in order to deliver clear messages to people as effectively as possible. During the first week of this course, I realized that defining new media can be tricky because of its history, complexity, and developments. Thankfully, I am learning from many field experts. I am excited to “Show and Tell” you all about it!

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