New media is taking over the world, changing the way people access information, both journalists and citizens. However, it is difficult to concretely define as it is constantly evolving (Socha & Eber-Schmid, 2012). New media includes digital content readily available at any time. Examples include the Internet, social media networks, blogs, cell phones, and video games (Wikimedia Foundation Inc., 2013). Since the mid-1990s, new media have been increasingly used to disseminate information, resulting in a media revolution. As more and more individuals gain direct access to information and audiovisual recording equipment, it is widely believed that the future of journalism will be digital and include greater numbers of independent journalists (Gasher, Skinner, & Lorimer, 2012). While it is believed that this will lead to greater journalistic independence, the movement also has its critics. It is believed, for example, that journalists will struggle to keep up with the high speeds of new media, confining them to their desks and preventing stories from developing (Gasher, Skinner, & Lorimer, 2012). This instantaneous movement of information was predicted and accurately described by twentieth-century scholar Marshall McLuhan. McLuhan coined the term global village to describe “the possibility of instantaneous communication between any two points on the globe” (Gasher, Skinner, & Lorimer, 2012) approximately thirty years before the commercialization of the Internet and the introduction of new media as we know them . today (Wikimedia Foundation Inc., 2013). McLuhan firmly believed that with the global village would come a greater sense of social and political awareness and responsibility among individuals. McLuhan's theory... half of the article... The University of Iowa. (2013). Deontology or teleology: ethics based on duty or consequence. Retrieved from University of Iowa: http://www.uiowa.edu/~c019168/168s6online3.htmlWikimedia Foundation Inc. (2013, November 10). Mandorla-Lippmann consensus. Retrieved from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond%E2%80%93Lippmann_consensusWikimedia Foundation Inc. (2013, October 4). Global village (term). Retrieved from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_village_(term)Wikimedia Foundation Inc. (2013, November 15). New media. Retrieved from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_mediaWikimedia Foundation Inc. (2013, November 12). Perez Hilton. Retrieved from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perez_HiltonWikimedia Foundation Inc. (2013, November 14). Walter Lippman. Retrieved from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lippmann