Creativity

New media allows users to have the power to create and develop new ideas to revolutionize the world.  In the past, people couldn't execute their innovate ideas due to a lack of technology. Nowadays, a variety of new technologies and software provide users the right tools to execute creative ideas. For instance, the article “Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers” by Claire Miller mentions how Lego started a site called DesignbyME where users can use Lego’s software to design their own models, which then are sold by Lego. The article also mentions that users create the majority of functions of twitter. In addition, new media allows users to interact with existing ideas. New programs that allow users to combine songs and modify the beats called mashups. Hence, new media does in fact fostered creativity by giving users the facility to design, innovate and create all kinds of things.