17The Brave New World of New Media

Understanding and keeping up with trends and new technology is a very important part of working in voiceover. For the past few decades there have been gradual, yet consistent, changes in how digital data is recorded and delivered. Many of these technological advances and how they relate to voiceover work, home studios, and content delivery, are discussed elsewhere in this book. During the past several years, many of these new technologies have found a home in what has become known as social networking and other Internet delivery methods, which in the larger sense are referred to as new media.

In order to understand the true potential, and anticipate the future of voiceover work, it is important to have some ...

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