New media allows people to be creative by giving them the freedom to express themselves. I think that in today's media more and more people are allowed to express their creativity because most of these people can remain anonymous to other users and they can express themselves without being judged as an individual. For instance there are people on new media websites like Youtube.com that are creating their own versions of popular music videos with popular cartoons. Without the Youtube platform they would have never thought to create such videos and get some many views and expect to go viral. I think new media allows someone to create a username for a specific social platform and have a different personality. This in a sense allows a someone to be someone he normally isn't and not judged in a sense. Whether the comments are negative or positive, people see the username and not the actual person freeing them from judgement. In the New York Times article it says that big companies that own the rights to the cartoon characters actually don't mind these parody videos and actually think they are funny. Everyday people are coming up with new ideas in to how to make new and creative ways to use all the existing new media.
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