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=== Electronic literature === New media provides new ways to read and produce literature. The electronic literature is intertwined with new media and is often called "New Media literature" as noted in the New Media Writing Prize as well as critical works of this genre. Astrid Ensslin and Samya Brata Roy point out in their 2023 article, electronic literature "comprises literary media objects, practices and environments that often yet not exclusively require the reader’s active participation," which are based in new media practices and affordances. Electronic literature is often Janez Strehovec compares and new media art.
=== Games === Terry Flew argues that "the global interactive games industry is large and growing, and is at the forefront of many of the most significant innovations in new media". Interactivity is prominent in these online video games such as World of Warcraft, The Sims Online and Second Life. These games, which are developments of "new media," allow for users to establish relationships and experience a sense of belonging that transcends traditional temporal and spatial boundaries (such as when gamers logging in from different parts of the world interact). These games can be used as an escape or to act out a desired life. New media have created virtual realities that are becoming virtual extensions of the world we live in. With the creation of Second Life and Active Worlds before it, people have even more control over this virtual world, a world where anything that a participant can think of can become a reality.
== New media issues ==
=== National security ===
New media has become of interest to the global espionage community as it is easily accessible electronically in database format and can therefore be quickly retrieved and reverse engineered by national governments. Particularly of interest to the espionage community are Facebook and Twitter, two sites where individuals freely divulge personal information that can then be sifted through and archived for the automatic creation of dossiers on both people of interest and the average citizen. New media also serves as an important tool for both institutions and nations to promote their interests and values (The contents of such promotion may vary according to different purposes). Some communities consider it an approach of "peaceful evolution" that may erode their own nation's system of values and eventually compromise national security.