New forms of media and the network society

New forms of media and the network society The society today can be called network society due to the massive influence that the internet has in everyone’s life. The internet is nowadays one of the most powerful industries in our world. There are several examples of persons who made huge amount of moneys by creating a website or something related with the internet, like some applications. In the past there were many revolutions that changed the way of living, the way of producing, the way of sustaining, the way of collaborating and the way of communicate. We can talk about the print revolution, the industrial revolution, the radio revolution and also we can talk about the television revolution. Today, we are facing a revolution in which the main responsible is the internet. One of the revolutions that were more important in the media’s history was, without any doubts, the print revolution due to its effects in society back in 15th, 16th and so on centuries. Printing revolution ushered in the era of modern Europe by making both ancient and medieval texts available to a broader audience which produced a fertile ground for new ideas and new theories. This, in my opinion, was one of the most important effects of this revolution, because gave the possibility to the population of that time to have new ideas. The radio and television had their role, and still has their role in the society. With the emergence of the internet, this two forms of media changed a due to the power that internet has. The radio’s website is online 24 hours, and in some cases their websites are always updating the news, as a live newspaper. In the past, this was not possible. In Portugal for example, one humorist has a show in the Portuguese radio, and after the emission in the radio, the radio is “obliged” to upload his show on YouTube due to his enormous success. This is one small change that the internet provoked in our normal lives. Internet allows us to listen to the radio without