Creativity

New media fosters creativity in that it allows users to have input in what they are using. It allows them to adjust the programs,come up with new ideas to better the programs as well as come up with new programs. In the article, Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers, Professor Von Hippel says, " ...Consumers often come up with ideas for products, and companies wait on the sidelines to see if they have mass appeal.

Another way that new media fosters creativity is that in individuality. Through the use of new media we are allowed to get to know others and to see themselves in the projects they have created. For their individuality and creativity we have come to know a lot more artists such is the case of Justin Beiber who was discovered because of his videos via youtube. In the article, The New Math of Mashups, Sasha Frere- Jones says. "...A Stroke of Genius is so good that it eventually led Freelance Hellraiser to do official remixes for Aguilera and others, and he has just completed, at Paul McCartney's invitation, an entire album of McCartney remixes" Because of new media and the countless possibilities individuals are getting paid.