the "new media"

The term "New Media" is open.
When I first think of New Media I think of fine arts with multi-media works where it is just a combination of different paints, clays, inks, etc. Then you throw the term new into that and it becomes a little infinite. Does new mean unheard-of or something not used before? Is it new because the media is always changing?

I think it is probably a combo of all those and the result is technology. It is always changing and because of this designers will find new, unheard-of ways of doing things. This is necessary to keep the field from going stagnant or old.

I noticed that many of the schools on that list had their version of New Media concentration under a communications title. All design, graphic or new, has really one goal: To communicate a message. To go back a few classes, Milton Glaser said "To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master."

So is New Media an appropriate term? Sure. For now. It will always be changing with different specifications and emphasis.