Creativity

New Media fosters creativity in many different ways. Might it be from seeing others do something and it inspiring you or maybe giving you different ideas on how to stand out from the rest. New media also gives people many new tools to use in many different ways, that weren't available before. “Creativity, Information Technology, and New Media,” looks at the ways in which the availability and relatively easy use of digital tools and the Internet have allowed more people to perform and share their creative acts (iv Issac Bell). The availability has made it much easier for people to share their creations and get reviews and thoughts from peers and others. "The ability to shift between the various audience roles (such as passive reader, discourse community, public or fandom) and even creative roles allows individuals to seek out communities where they receive compensation—in the sense of companionship, feedback, or even just a venue to share their thoughts—on different subjects in different ways" (43 Issac). This gives people the ability to seek out who they want their audience to be, may they want to make money off something or they just want feedback from the community, they can select and choose who they want to show their creations too.