Media today have become a dominant force which dominate not only us as human beings but our whole life span as well. It is the most important medium of public communication, a forum for the exchange of views, space for multicultural exchanges, mediator of production genres of popular culture and a source of many knowledge and information. Digital technology has opened the door to new possibilities of creating and transmitting information in various forms with the help of the media. Media convergence is a process that combines all previous aspects of the old media and that, thanks to digital platforms, received multimedia and interactive features. Massiveness, multimedia and interactivity are the most important concepts in the understanding and use of new media. Internet plays an important role as a global network which connects a huge number of units. Almost all types of traditional media are disappearing because we are in a period when the Internet and new media have the main word in terms of information, education, entertainment and communication. One of the biggest new media is Facebook, a social network that has become the fastest and the most reliable medium of communication because it is free of editorial policy, which is often in the hands of the forces of power and political indoctrination. Of course, not every online news is proven and accurate, but is verifiable and can be immediately corrected. And that is what makes social media so popular. Throughout this paper, the author will deal with issues connected to characteristics and functions of new media. The author will examine in which way and how much they are used in daily life, what happens with traditional media and the consequences for the future of such media.