There is no true number that can define the number of pages on the internet. There are billions upon billions, each with something different to inform it's reader. Although there are billions of pages that can teach one how to cure a disease, write a poem, cook, or basically do anything, my favorite does none of the above. It is called StumbleUpon, a website that links you to other websites based off of your interests and past usage. Users make accounts and after a few minutes of questions the stumbling begins. In an age of New Media, where a woman in China can upload a photo of what they are wearing and blog about it with a teenager from Chicago, websites can now learn what you like and act accordingly. But is this new media?Is a website learning considered New Media? This is the real question. My personal account always knows how to get to me, it varies in results from mascot beating up a fan to a video of a squirrel water skiing to even showing me an invisible Swedish tree house. This website takes users to websites never heard of before, exploring the unknown areas of cyberspace. Could this be a new type of New Media, websites that learn about the user and bring them to places that will potentially catch their interest? The world may never have a true definition of New Media, so for now all I can do is stumble.
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