New-media meaning

(1) The forms of communicating in the digital world, which is primarily online via the Internet, but also publishing on CDs and DVDs. It implies that the user obtains the material via desktop and laptop computers, smartphones and tablets. Every company in the developed world is involved with new media. Contrast with old media. See digital convergence and computer revolution.

Interactive digital media, such as the Internet, as opposed to traditional media such as print and television.