The Next New Thing

In my opinion, what I hope is the next new thing in new media is that law enforcement will be able to track down criminals using social media. Whenever someone who is warranted for arrest does anything on the internet, law enforcement will know about it, it will assist them being trackd down and arrested.

Wiki so Far

I have contributed to the class wiki by adding three paragraphs on the uses of blogs in mass media.  The research for my wiki contribution came from when I completed my term paper.  My contribution is titled "The Uses of Blogs in Mass Media". It shows how presidential elections, journalism, political propaganda, customer feedback and advertising for a product can all come from blogs. In addition to this contribution, I also intend on researching a completely new topic, then posting it on the class wiki.

P2P

File sharing is public or private sharing of data on a network. P2P file sharing is similar, but you can also share music, movies, books etc.  P2P means peer to peer. However, the downside of P2P sharing is that people share unauthorized materials which is also call pirating.  For example, in the article, "Digital Pirates Winning Battle with Studios", discusses how movies and shows being made available to the public via the internet actually represents a loss to the studio who makes the movie or show.  Instead of watching the movie in the theaters or on television, people will watch it on the internet instead.  This causes the studios to lose money.  "Media companies say that piracy — some prefer to call it “digital theft” to emphasize the criminal nature of the act — is an increasingly mainstream pursuit. At the same time, DVD sales, a huge source of revenue for film studios, are sagging. In 2008, DVD shipments dropped to their lowest levels in five years. Executives worry that the economic downturn will persuade more users to watch stolen shows and movies" (Shelter and Stone).

Privacy and Confidentiality

Privacy and Confidentiality are both issues when dealing with new media.  Websites such as Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr allow people to share photos and videos instantly.  What some people do not realize is that posting certain pictures of themselves can hinder their acceptance into certain schools or from getting certain jobs.  That picture you took of yourself drinking and partying just stopped you from getting your dream job.  Some people do not understand that nothing you post on the internet is private or confidential.  Pictures and videos posted by you or with you tagged in it remains on the internet forever.

Advice to Baruch

My advice to Baruch on using new media to improve the college includes using various forms of social media to communicate more efficiently with students.  As a Baruch student, I see that some students are not very   responsible when it comes to checking their emails or blackboard. However, if Baruch used social media as a platform for events and reminders for the college, more students will probably participate in more events at the school or maybe even be interested in joining a club or something because what they saw on Facebook or twitter peaked his or her interest.

Creativity

New media fosters creativity by allowing individuals to express themselves without face to face judgement. In the article, "New Media: Stimulating Creativity or Just Repackaging the Old?", the author states new media allows "greater creative expression among individuals, industries and sectors that were ahead of the curve in adopting new media technologies". In addition, being able to share the creativity instantly also helps.

Creativity and New Media

The definition of creativity in new media is that the new media stimulates creativity It does this by allowing the person to be able to adapt an online persona who can be whatever they want it to be. In the virtual world, Second Life, my avatar looks sort of like me, but its what i want to look like. This enables creativity in new media.

Modeling Reality With Virtual Worlds

Virtual worlds can be used for a number of things. Specifically, they can be used for office meetings and hospital crisis simulations. For example, in the article "Going to the virtual office in Second Life", one is able to have meeting outside the office. In the virtual community, Second life, one is able to go to the " virtual office" to discuss marketing ideas and have meetings in 3-D. The pros are that it saves travel time and helps people convey ideas without feeling embarrassed. The cons are there is no face to face interaction. In addition, in the article "Avatar II: The Hospital", nurses are able to play a simulation of what to do in a crisis. The pro is that this actually helps the nurses tremendously when the actual crisis occurs. The cons is that sometimes patients do not follow specific criteria in the simulations. 
Virtual worlds foster creativity because people are not embarrassed or afraid to express themselves without face to face judgement. In some worlds, one can simply be anonymous. In the future, it seems that because people are able to do so many things with virtual worlds, maybe it will come to a point where people will not leave their houses.  

Social Networking Sites

The three main social networking sites are Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. The difference between these three sites are the original target market. Originally, Facebook targeted college students, while Myspace targeted teenagers and Twitter targets those who are in their 20's. To add, LinkedIn is another social networking site where professional men and women can look for jobs and interact with one another. So, their target audience is older men and women over the age of 25.
The actual layout of each shows who they are targeting. Myspace has high customization so a young boy or girl would like it more. You can have your own back round and music on your page. However, as of recently Myspace is beginning to look just like Facebook. As opposed to a few years ago, where it looked a lot more "kid friendly". Twitter is a little confusing to use at first, but once you get used to the "#"'s and the "@"'s, it is actually pretty fun. LinkedIn is more professional and a little drab.

Blog about Twitter

In comparison to Blackboard discussions, Twitter makes it much easier to communicate with one another. The posts are instant and a student can post immediately after someone posts. Also, the # sign makes it easier to find posts. In comparison to an in-class discussion, a Twitter discussion is very similar. The only difference being that Twitter is online, and the in-class discussion is in-person. However, in my opinion, I feel more comfortable having an in-class discussion because it is more personal.

Social Networking

There are many ways where social networking can be used by different people from ordinary individual to corporations. Corporation can use these social media sites for free advertisement on their product. For example, in the video "Social Media in Plain English",  social media allowed "new ways for real people to play a role in providing feedback, organization, and promotion". The benefits to society is that information is so readily available. With this new information, Customers will be able to see product reviews, while corporations and businesses improve their product. The dark side of social networking can be that businesses will will harass their customers in order to prevent them from cancelling their services, like in the AOL video, the AOL employee refused to allow the customer to leave AOL instead of cancelling it like he wanted. He said" I don't understand what the problem is". Social Networking in the future will allow customers to diagnose the problem themselves.

Project Description: Blogs vs. Wikis

Blogs and wikis have several similarities and differences. Both are webpages which require little to no knowledge of html. Also, they both allow instant publishing. Blogs are posts where people are able to comment, while Wikis allow for group publishing and editing. Blogs have a single author, while Wikis have many authors. Wikis can be edited, while Blogs can be commented on. In Blogs, opinions are shared while in Wikis, knowledge is shared. I plan on discussing the similarities and differences between Blogs and Wikis, in depth.