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The media has change drastically in the past decade. Old media was highly specialized, expensive in production and distribution, is central in controlled programming, passive consumption and control by property owners or bureaucracy. Today we are in an era of new media where it is quite the opposite of old media. New Media is: non-specialized, inexpensive in production and distribution, on demand, interaction and feedback by user, collective production, and social control by self-organization. There are thousands and thousands of website that are spread out in the internet. There are a couple of sites that I love to visit often. One of which is a social networking site called “Facebook,” a site where you can communicate with your friends, family, and coworkers. What makes me come to the website is to keep updated on what my friends were doing in life through the feeds. Interactivity and speed is what makes Facebook so great. Another site which I love very much that makes me coming for more is engadget.com. It keeps me up to the latest updates on technology. It is where I go get my information on reviews on the gadgets that are coming out. What’s great about it is that I can leave comments for other users to see and interact with the people that share my share interest. It also keeps me informed about how other people feel about a certain product, such as the iPAD that came out last week. So what’s my relationship with media? Well frankly speaking, it mostly interaction with other people and to keep me informed about events.