With its growing importance, new media has the potential to shape traditional norms and customs, T.T. Sreekumar of the Communication and New Media Programme, National University of Singapore, has said.
Mr. Sreekumar was delivering a lecture on ‘new media and democracy' under the auspices of the Centre for Cross-National Communication in South Asia, School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, here on Thursday.
He elaborated on how the reach of the new media has impacted the course of modern history in many countries. “There have been cases when technology has enforced democracy,” he said. He advocated a methodical approach that is required to understand the consequences of emerging technologies. One should also be aware about the unintended consequences that are brought about by these developments.
The new media has replaced print media in Europe in recent times. This is mainly due to the proliferation of the new media and the increasing use of Internet. “However, it has to be noted that the new media should be used as a platform to critic other forms of media,” he said.
He concluded the lecture by mentioning the sudden growth of technocracy and its inevitability in leading societies in the near future.
