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New media becomes more and more popular. Its existence and constant development do not stay indifferent to traditional forms of non-fiction literature. The distinct example of this phenomenon is creation of a multimedia reportage. It is a combination of the classic journalistic text and elements such as: pictures, sounds, films, animations and visualizations. A typical quality of multimedia reportage is interactivity. This paper contains analysis of one of the first Polish examples of the new kind of reportage – Boskie Światło by Jacek Hugo-Bader. In the presented paper all new media tools used by the reporter and effect of this usage are described. Following this – the influence of new media on non-fiction literature evolution is depicted. The multimedia reportage is a completely new creation, so no specific literature about this genre has been written yet. To prove its otherness, it is compared with a classic form of the reportage.

In this paper the author focuses mainly on the impact of new media on young people – members of subcultures and fan communities. The first part is about the general phenomenon of new media, what includes convergence culture and remix culture. Second part contains information about popculture and its creations – subcultures and fan communities. The author explains here why otaku are a subculture. Third part is about the impact of new media on otaku what is analyzed on Facebook example.