Traditional Multimedia, a term used for many years for presentations and other applications using multiple forms of media at one time, has largely give way to what is now referred to as New Media. The term New Media was originally used in applications which emphasized interactivity and the ability to selectively link from one form of content to another. These days New Media is sort of a catch-all term that includes pretty much the use of any and all forms electronic digital technology audio and visual communications.
Today’s modern high power computer platforms and networks with the ability to integrate previously divergent processes, technology and materials, has given us what is now New Media. Graphics, moving images, sounds, shapes, information technology and text, coupled with interactivity and Hypermedia are all a part New Media. With the passage of time New Media has come to include an even broader assortment of electronic communication media. According to some, New media is a catch-all term for all forms of electronic communication that have appeared or will appear since the original mainly text-and-static picture forms of online communication.
| CD and DVD media | Streaming media |
| Interactive newsletters | E-Learning |
| Exhibit and POS presentations | Mobile presentation and computing |
| Digital signage | CD-ROM Business Cards |
| Digital photography | Flash and Shockwave presentations |
3-D and virtual reality environments and effects |
Digital content presentations |
Person-to-person visual communication |
Special audiovisual effects |
Virtual Tours |
Online catalogs |

