A Study on Changes in Folk tales due to New Media

Abstract The paper examines the way new media technology has popularized the old and traditional cultural media contents such as folktales. With the introduction of famous video streaming website like YouTube, production and dissemination of message and information became easy. The oral tradition has played an important part in conveying wisdom and insightfulness among the children and in this part, Internet is playing an important role. The beginning of 21st Century has introduced a new landscape for the children’s programs. Children media knew were present and the children knew where the new media were available. New media played a great role in motivating children in their knowledge development and learning process. With the open technology, the folk realm is no longer located to one socioeconomic sector or a particular nation. It becomes available for all. Prior to internet era, Bengali children use to enjoy the famous folk tales on television, films and printed forms. With the advancement of new media, the recent version of the old folk stories are created in cartoon formats and recorded on CDs and DVDs.