The next new thing

I think a new form of new media in the future could be and app for your cell phone. for college students it will give them the access of doing online classes through the app instead of having to use a laptop. everything you need to say or type can just be said through the app like you are typing. so you will be able to all your work when on the move from your very own cell phone.

Our class wiki-so far

I have not yet made any changes or added to wiki yet. I plan on adding information on new media and go more depth or how creative one can be with the age of new media. So I will be doing some more research so I may be able to share some interesting things you can do with new media that many people may not know.

P2P file sharing

file sharing is transmitting files from one computer to another. which may be illegal depending on the circumstance. P2P file sharing is the distribution or sharing of digital media. streaming or downloading movies from the internet is an illegal form of peer to peer file sharing as stated in a ny time article written by Eric Pfanner. other forms of p2p sharing could downloading or uploading music for free. \


Pfanner. E "should online scofflaws be denied web access?" NY times, April 2009.

privacy and confidentiality

New media does bring great advantages and creativity, but along with theses advantages comes the concern with privacy and confidentiality. when it comes to social networking sites i think privacy pretty much does not exist because everything is posted on the internet for people to see. some sites even give out your location unless you remember to turn that feature off which many younger persons  using social networks may not think to do so this can also be dangerous. when using social sites I believe you just need to be careful what you share on because you don't know who can access it and the major thing is to never share your location this is the biggest issue.

Advice

Today new media lets us become more creative and also get things done easier. if i were hired by Baruch college to use new media to improve the college one thing I would introduce is an app for online courses. I take online courses often and with many other classes you often forget to check due dates or check your email. there is no professor or other students that you see face to face to remind you. Even though it is your responsibility to remember and check for sue dates I think an app that sends reminders to your phone would help alot when taking online classes and with new media today this can be done.

creativity and new media

I created a personal avatar using second life. My avatar is able to walk, run, fly and interact with other people like me using avatars. The picture below shows what my avatar looks like and the first shows my ability to fly. there are many other things to do in this virtual world that I will need to explore.

Creativity

A mashup is created by digitally combining instrumental tracks with vocal tracks. This creativity we see in the nytimes article "Disney tolerates rap parody of its critters, but why?' by Brooks Barnes where the disney characters are singing the "crank that" song with the voices of the rap stars. so we see how new media is fostering creativity because a few years ago we would not have been able to create something  like this and according to NYtimes article "The new math of mashups" by Sasha Frere-Jones mashups finds new uses for current digital technology. You can do all yourself  from the  comfort of your home as well. with such ease we have more time to think of different ideas and become more creative.

Modeling reality with virtual worlds.

Virtual worlds are computer based online community environments  which are designed and shared by individuals so that they can interact in a custom built simulated world using avatars.

Virtual worlds is are really cool and can be used for many things like education, gaming, health care, socializing etc. According to the Forbes article by Jacki Morie virtual worlds are especially good for children because the "roaming radius" we grant them has shrunk to less that a block. Years ago children were able to play freely with everyone on the street. Today virtual worlds give them that access to connect, learn and explore.

Many large companies also use virtual worlds. In a CNN article by Mark Tutton he talks about how because of  travel budgets companies are seeking cost efficient ways to bring employees together and virtual community second life is seeking to tap into that market by allowing business to have virtual meetings on their own computer networks.

Virtual worlds have many pros but also do have cons. In the CNN article by Mark Tutton according to Surinder Kahai a university professor at Binghampton university he explains that he has seen people mess up completely because they think that what works in person will work in the virtual world and says that one problem is that virtual teams may not share national and  organizational cultures.

As technology is being improved over the years I would say that we can expect and increase in the use of virtual wolrds in the near future.

Morie.J, "after second life, can virtual worlds get a reboot?" NY times, april 2013.
Tutton. M "going to the virtual office in second life" CNN.com, November 2009.

about twitter

I think a twitter discussion  is similar to a blackboard discussion. you can comment on blackboard and your classmates are able to reply to that comment. when a tweet is posted followers are also able to reply to those tweets. one difference is that twitter allows a limited amount of characters for each post. Also notifications can be sent directly to your phone from twitter. in class discussions are different from both twitter and black board because they are face to face so different expressions can be seen.

social networking sites

Facebook: I use this site the most and have been on it for many years. im very familiar and comfortable with the site. I can connect with friends all over the world, view their status updates and see pictures. also facebook has instant messaging and calling. I also use facebook for news as I follow CNN on it.

Instagram: I recently joined this site and don't use it as much as facebook. its more for just watching pictures rather than interacting with your friends.

Twitter. This is a site I am still feeling out and trying to get used to because I just recently signed up for it but I am enjoying reading everyone's tweets and opinions on different topics.

Linkedin: unlike facebook and instagram this social networking site is business oriented and mainly used for professional networking.

social networking

Social networking is used by millions of people all over the planet. It is one of the easiest and instant ways to connect with other people. Corporations know this and they all use social networking to advertise their products and to connect with potential customers from all over the world. corporations can also use social media when looking for new employees and potential employees can find jobs using social media. there is a down side to this and the main issue is privacy. Many corporations can be at risk because of what their employees do on social media, they may look the company look bad. Also when hiring new employees corporations also often look at the employees Facebook or twitter profile to get an idea of what type of person they are potentially hiring. This means that while using social media is a good thing it can also be bad because of privacy issues.

social networking

my topic will be discussing whether o no social networking is better than the real thing. I will get ino moe detail as to how social networking affects peoples lives and how a lot of it is just false reality and ho much time is wasted by people addicted to social media.