I must say that out of all the book we've read thus far I find this one to be most relatable. New New Media, by Paul Levinson, describes the present generation of media to be "new new," as if there was sudden shift from the already new media generation. The Internet is roughly 25 years-old, only a few years older than myself; still it's a medium that has given birth to a whole new medium, social media, and is still growing itself.

In the book, we explore the world of social media, and how it has grown to a milestone in our society. Social media such as Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Vine, are changing just about every level of our culture from the way we watch television to the way we elect government officials. Today, social networking sites are apart of everything we do in our daily lives. In some ways, having an account to some of the better known social networking sites is essential to branching out in your respective community. One aspect of new new media that Levinson introduced is that social media grants us great power, but at the same time poses a great threat to us as well. Of course this includes the dangers to pouring your entire life into social media, giving way to social disorders (the way we interact with each other) and legal obstructions. But social media allows us to act almost at the speed of thought. Things can be reported world wide within 10 minutes of it happening.

I believe that social media has been fully integrated into our physical world, meaning that everything we do on social media is in someway just as real as if it was said, witnessed, and made into action on the physical plane. For example, a college may look up a high schooler's  social media account to get a better sense of who that student is. This can result in the student being rejected, because of explicit and/or illegal content found on the student's profile. Or it can better the chances of the student being accepted due to community service or evidence of entrepreneurship. I am just now getting the swing of things with social media and I am finding it to be more fun when you personalize it, getting what you want out of the internet. I think that's primarily what social media is for, once you get past the materialism and status quo that society may pose on an individual.