Creativity

New media definitely fosters creativity. The New York Times magazine is proof. Youtube users created "mash-ups" of Disney and Nickelodeon characters dancing to Soulja Boy's "Crank That". Mash-ups are bits and pieces of cartoons and TV shows put together to flow as a full cartoon. In this case the characters were snipped and put together to make it seem as if they are dancing to the song. This is great proof of new media expanding creativity. However, people have to be careful when doing these mash-ups because they can get into legal trouble. Nickelodeon found the mash-ups humorous and enjoyed them, where as Disney saw this as stealing.