After studying the assigned reading 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook, Chapter 54: “Traditional and New Media,” and the assigned reading “The Impact of New Media on Intercultural Communication in Global Context,” complete the following assignment by synthesizing the readings

After studying the assigned reading 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook, Chapter 54: “Traditional and New Media,” and the assigned reading “The Impact of New Media on Intercultural Communication in Global Context,” complete the following assignment by synthesizing the readings. Considering the statement “technologies are simply tools” write a short essay that incorporates answers to the following prompts:

A) Explain how that statement relates to the keywords describing new media: “manipulate, converge, and instant.”

B) How does the concept of intercultural impact of new media increase the complexity of the statement? You should especially consider the new experiences, for human beings that the convergences of new media and globalization bring about.

Each response to each question should be at least 150 words, so that the total of your written work in the paper is at least 300 words. Remember: 300 words is the minimum so if you would like to earn a better score you will add more details and examples to your responses and try to make each response at least 200 words.

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