Thursday, March 23, 2017

Creativity

In today's society we have a limitless amount of information that we can access.  We can do whatever we want and however we like it in regards to how creative we can be with information and the tools that come with it.  Anyone can open up a computer, pick up a camera, or even turn on their phone and create whatever they like with or without background knowledge.  This is how new media helps foster creativity.  With the access we have to this new media, and everything we can either learn from it or teach others, we are now able to generate whatever we want.  Twitter, which caught onto this early on in the game, lets the consumers be the creative types instead of dictating what creativity is.  We no longer have to just look at a magazine or read the newspaper to be told what's new and whats creative and how we should be.  These days we can each just create our own lifestyle, whether it be the things we wear or the things we produce, and using new media like social media we can get it to the world.  Seeing that we have these options makes others want to be creative as well.  Knowing that these days their creations can be seen by everyone with just a few clicks leads many to get out there and create the products and trends of tomorrow.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Ely,

    I have very similar views to you in how new media fosters creativity. Because of how easily we are able to access things because of new media, we are generating more creative thoughts and ideas than ever before; and it is definitely clear in what the world has been producing, whether it be mashups, or the recent phenomena of memes that are applies to various current events. It's exciting to see what the future holds.

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