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.