Interactivity in new media

Nowadays the term New Media is used very frequently. It is true that the media has entered a period of becoming new. But the properties of this process are left unknown. Interactivity is another subject that rises with the concept of New Media. Although interactivity has a great importance in New Media, this importance and existence is not known properly. This study tries to define New Media by formulizing it and showing its properties. The history of media is given in order to support and illuminate the path of the study as well. The importance of interactivity in New Media is stressed and the subject is examined with its history. The study also includes the new introduced concept of "the user". The union of the known source and receiver forms the user, who becomes the key element of New Media. Keywords: New Media, Interactivity, User, Digitization, Media History, Interactive Media in