Introduction to NDM: Reading and blog task

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The article discusses the ways in children in society use digital media for both research and educational purposes but also communications between other students in their classes. The article discussed the way in which digital media had an influence on student's careers in the future. Also how current increase of usage of current technology changes the way in which people learn new information.

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This article mentions the uses of live streaming platforms such as Periscope and how people in society have become self journalists attracting large audiences with easy accessibility to multiple locations and events across this platform. However it is stated that some people have become ignorant and attempted to live-stream themselves drunk driving home. Mainly it describes the changes in perspective of individuals and how they can be shared.

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The article discusses the impact of streaming services such Spotify to enable artists to generate revenue from this. Many artists complain about the amount of times their music has to be listened before they generate a small stream of revenue. Artists further go against Spotify's free streaming service and some even take action by removing their music playlists.

The company's net-worth known since 2015 is $8.4 billion making is more valuable than the whole music industry which backs up the point of the artists not being paid enough revenue.

In contrast to other free streaming platforms such as YouTube, Spotify encourages users to pay a monthly subscription for the content unlike the free platforms which generate revenue purely through advertisers so it could be said that potential audiences are limited to an extensive amount of content.

How has digital media changed your life in the last 5 years (for positive or negative)?

Digital media has changed the way in which I am able to research information for educational purposes and has enabled me to access a range of resources from the world wide web. However I believe that digital media such as social networking has been a negative to my life since many people would rather spend time at home on their computers and phones rather than actually going out and doing things.