next new thing

The next new thing in new media that i can think of is a a mix between you tube and twitter, in which people post short statuses by web cam. So not only do you see and hear the persons verbal comments but their facial reactions also. People would be able to leave written statues or they could leave visual ones. They would also be able to contact friends by @-ing the friend and connecting via webcam, instead of having to connect with skype or other systems to do so. It would also be easy to do multi chatting in short form to friends also.

Our Class Wiki so far

Well so far for our class wiki i have obviously created a bio and decided to work on editing the page about New media and Social change. After reading the page i searched the affects of new media on society. I found that it has affected societies morals, interactions, as well as culture. The next edit i hope to make is on the convergence part of New media and Social change.

p2p file sharing

File sharing is the way of distributing stored files such as multi media, documents, codes, programs and more. P2p file sharing means peer to peer file sharing, it is the ability to share files with others on a mutual network, users can download files directly from other peers and share the ones they have on their computers also. Some examples of p2p file sharing are Napster, lime wire, and Freenet. In the article  "ONLINE PIRACY AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW BUSINESS MODELS" by David Y. Choi, he says that "Napster proved the existence of an immense market interested in online distribution and storage of music to create customized CDs, access older songs and concert recordings, etc. Prior to Napster, no music label was even selling music online."It is obvious thatNapsters p2p file sharing was a innovative and important development for the internet, it became a way for people to interact and spread music that may not have been accessible to them before.

privacy and confidentiality

Privacy and confidentiality are very important in relation to new media. There are many issues that can occur when using new media. There could be instances where someone develops some new music and wants to keep it private but somehow it becomes leaked and now they have trouble collecting money for their creation. A good example of this is napster in which people could share music freely and download without having to pay for it. Confidentiality is also important because nowadays people pay bills online and shop online. People also give out email addresses, phone numbers, credit card or even social security info is very unsafe and can be transfered to third party clients by some companies web sites. I think its better safe than sorry, by keeping things like social security info, credit card info, phone numbers, and making sure the  sites being used are not going to sell your info to third party partners is the best thing a person can do. Keeping things private and confidential and out of the hands of others online is the safest thing to do.

advice to baruch

If i were hired by Baruch to improve the college i would use new media to gain more applicants, promote more events and to inform people about class availability. To do this i would recommend the college use outlets such as facebook, twitter, and even you tube. These sites could be great ways to promote events especially facebook because the college could make a page specifically for just that. They could take pictures, post them, tag people and students could leave posts about upcoming events also. Twitter could be used to inform student of closures and even open spots in a class they may want to take. They could use you tube to illustrate their class environment by taping classes and uploading so that potential student can see what they could look forward to.

term research project

The topic of my paper is the positive and negatives aspects of social networking. I did most of my research online with the Baruch library ebsco host search engine. While doing my research i found that social networks have a major affect on our everyday lives, it is as if we can not function with out them. We use them constantly to interact with friends and family and to meet new people. I chose this topic because i figured it was interesting and it is something i myself am involved in on a daily basis from Facebook to twitter to blogging and the like. Social networks have become our connection to companies and a place to voice our many opinions good or bad. I think my paper contributes to the field of new media by exploring the affects of social networking on our lives and relationships privately and publicly as well as its use in the classroom.

creativity and new media

So this is my 1st time trying this. I created an avatar on smeet.com, yup thats me in my yellow dress, hopefully my link takes you to what i have created. Enjoy



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