Parsing the difference between old and new media

Blogger, teacher, former NPR ombudsman, former managing editor of CBC Radio News Geoff Dvorkin was recently preparing some notes for a media class he is teaching at the University of Toronto and came up with his definition of the differences between old and new media:

Old media

• Defined by scarcity.
• Production defined by the tools.
• Production only happens in buildings.
• Expertise has value because it is limited.
• Social relations inside the organizations are highly defined.

New media

• defined by abundance
• post-industrial and non-material.
• Production is defined by the product.
• Production is collaborative, not hierarchical.
• Expertise is based in diversity.
• Social relations are in constant flux.