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"New media" for our purposes means computers,the Internet, and everything on them:blogs,podcasts,online video games,web originals,websites, and — since we are here — wikis. The Old Media organizations tend to have a bee in their bonnet about infringement, since a lot ofNew Media stand in a sort of gray area in regards tocopyright.

See alsoFan Works andFanfic Recs, as fanfiction accounts for a large portion of new media content.

Tropes about new media in the news:

• Media Scaremongering
• New Media Are Evil
• New Technology Is Evil
• Old Media Are Evil (the New Media's rejoinder)
• Old Media Playing Catch-Up: Releasing outside the net takes longer.
• Social Media Is Bad
  • Social Media Before Reason
• The New Rock & Roll

Other new media tropes and definitions:

• 419 Scam
• Adjustable Censorship
• Alternate DVD Commentary
• Analysis Channel
• Animutation
• Annoying Pop-Up Ad
• ASCII Art
• ASMR Video
• Bad Influencer
• BBCode
• Breaking the Reviewer's Wall
• Captcha Gag
• Catfishing
• Clickbait Gag
• Common HTTP Status Code
• Computers Speak Binary
• Cyberbullying
• Digital Avatar
• Digital Horror
• Emoticon
• #EngineeredHashtag
• Eternal September
• Fan Animation
• Faux Computer Code
• Forum Speak
• Fun with Autocensors
• Genius Programming
• Godwin's Law
• Googling the New Acquaintance
• #HashtagForLaughs
• Image Macro
• Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube!
• Instant Web Hit
• Internet Counterattack
• Internet Safety Aesop
• Internet Stalking
• Kung-Fu Jesus
• Literal Music Video
• Long-Runner Tech Marches On
• Lyric Video
• Misplaced Nationalism
• The Most Dangerous Video Game
• Multi-Animator Project
• Murder Simulators
• Nonconsensual Pornography
• Painting the Medium: Font, interface changes, or camera or editing tricks convey things about the story.
• Reaction Video
• The Rule of First Adopters
• Sarcasm Mode
• Screen Name
• Scunthorpe Problem
• Selfie Fiend
• Shock Site
• Social Media Is Bad
• Technology Marches On
• These Tropes Are Available On Video And DVD
• Useless Without Cell Phones
• Webisode
• YouTube Kids' Channel
• YouTube Poop
• YouTuber Apology Parody

Alternative Title(s):New Media