Human beings have been constantly evolving in technology since civilization. The industrial revolution has brought mankind into the steam age, and information technology has made mankind have the Internet and computer.

So “what is New Media? ” In the reading, page 25 “All existing media are translated into numerical data accessible for the computer. The result: graphics, moving images, sounds, shapes, spaces, and texts become computable, that is, simple sets of computer data.”

I think this sentence is very clearly stated that what is new media and which areas will be used in the future.  I think numerical translation is an important symbol of new media, everything can be found in computer and the path of spread is also becoming wider and wider. In the past, a painter might have to spend a lot of time with a pencil and a brush to complete a work. And after he has enough work to show, he needs to raise the art exhibitions to create awareness. But in the new media art, people are not limited to paintings, photographic, video maker start to come out. Nowadays, people’s tools for creating art may no longer be pencils and brushes. More and more technology products bring convenience to artists, some people use their phone to record video or take the picture, also some people will use an iPad to sketch the ideas instead of paper.

in conclusion, After new media more close to our life, I think traditional art forms may be subverted, and high-tech elements will be used frequently.