Creativity

New media can be referred to on demand access content on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community formation around the media content. Most technologies defined as new media are digital. New media are online newspapers, eBooks, mp3 files, Youtube videos, fractals, flickr, and etc. New media fosters creativity by the widespread of digitization means that books, ideas, music, videos, photos, etc are accessible to all and can be created by anyone. The more free input in new media allows new ideas and  can develop into the creation of new technologies. Creativity flows through new media by the frequent competition in the advancement of the next best thing. Mash- Ups are examples of creativity in new media because the combination of digital bits of different things can create something new and innovative. For an example, in the article "Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody pf Its Critter. But Why?" by Brooks Barnes states that Walt Disney allows people to use their famous animated cartoons as mash-up to rap music and may other things. There is a video of Winne the Pooh cartoon characters dancing with the mash-up to the rap song of Soulja Boy Crank Dat on Youtube. This shows the creativity of people using modern day songs and old cartoons to make a mash up video of pure comedy.