Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Next New Thing
I think that a new media network should be created for Foodies for all over the world. A Foodie, according to Urban Dictionary is "a person who loves or has a deep admiration for food and eating food. Does not necessarily have to be fat, but like eating. They might feel happy or very at peace when being around food". I am not a foodie but I think these people are so fascinating for their appreciation for food, they should have an outlet to share with other people similar to them. They could make recommendations and share experiences from all over the world.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Our Class Wiki - So Far
I have not contributed to our class wiki yet. I am having difficulties accessing the website. However, I have used wiki's before in previous classes and they are incredibly useful to share information. I see myself using our class wiki to post new media entertainment and arts. I have seen many media outlets being changed because of these sharing technologies and privacy settings.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
P2P File Sharing
File sharing is distribution of files, media, or anything circulating around the internet whereby anyone can access this information. Examples of this can be any modules where one can share this kind of information (for example posting on Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr)
P2P File sharing in almost identical to regular File sharing however P2P is between Peers. While this does provide some screening between who sees the information being shared, many issues of technological ethics rise because their is sometimes a lack of respect towards other people's intellectual property. Copy rights are starting to be implemented as well as censoring and reprimands for failure to credit one's sources.
"David Price, head of piracy intelligence at Envisional, a company based in Cambridge, England, that helps movie studios and other clients monitor copyright violations on the Internet, said that while file sharing by peer-to-peer networks appeared to be leveling off globally, sites that offered alternatives to downloading, like streaming of pirated movies, were growing fast"(Pfanner). Therefore, no matter how many rules are implemented to fight this crime of piracy, many ultimately will find a way to work around it.
"David Price, head of piracy intelligence at Envisional, a company based in Cambridge, England, that helps movie studios and other clients monitor copyright violations on the Internet, said that while file sharing by peer-to-peer networks appeared to be leveling off globally, sites that offered alternatives to downloading, like streaming of pirated movies, were growing fast"(Pfanner). Therefore, no matter how many rules are implemented to fight this crime of piracy, many ultimately will find a way to work around it.
Some examples of P2P File sharing is SkyDrives, Blackboard, and Napster. The extent of information shared varies on the type of media and the type of media outlet being used.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Privacy & Confidentiality
In this age where information is so easy to get ahold of, Privacy and Confidentiality are incredibly important factors in New Media and whether people are trusting the online environment. Security settings are becoming stricter because people are becoming more worried about who is accessing the information presented on the site.
When joining these sites, people want to feel safe, and know they wont be victims of identify theft. This ultimately impedes people from being as open as possible on these sites.
Personally, I really do take my privacy seriously. If a site does not ensure certain privacy settings, I will not participate in it unless under another alias.
When joining these sites, people want to feel safe, and know they wont be victims of identify theft. This ultimately impedes people from being as open as possible on these sites.
Personally, I really do take my privacy seriously. If a site does not ensure certain privacy settings, I will not participate in it unless under another alias.
Advice to Baruch College
I think Baruch College uses many new media outlets already to increase communication and transparency between students and faculty. First off, in a way, even Blackboard is utilized as a new media method! It is an easy and quick way to spread information out to multiple people at a time.
Also, many organizations utilize Facebook and Twitter to spread awareness of their events to the student body. I think that Baruch should use twitter more often to interact with students because currently they only post articles on there. Twitter could be used for alerts as well.
Also, classrooms should be utilizing Facebook groups to hold discussions and share documents with each other. This will ultimately bring the class closer together.
Baruch can implement live chat or webcam systems for Bursar, Registrar and Financial Aid help to cut lines and wait time.
Students can use new media to order event tickets online for Baruch events. This can be an easier way to track tickets sold, how much was made, and advertise the event even more.
Baruch should implement a textbook renting/ trading network that is a safe and simple way to find the resources you need at cheaper prices. This can cut great costs from our student expenses.
Also, many organizations utilize Facebook and Twitter to spread awareness of their events to the student body. I think that Baruch should use twitter more often to interact with students because currently they only post articles on there. Twitter could be used for alerts as well.
Also, classrooms should be utilizing Facebook groups to hold discussions and share documents with each other. This will ultimately bring the class closer together.
Baruch can implement live chat or webcam systems for Bursar, Registrar and Financial Aid help to cut lines and wait time.
Students can use new media to order event tickets online for Baruch events. This can be an easier way to track tickets sold, how much was made, and advertise the event even more.
Baruch should implement a textbook renting/ trading network that is a safe and simple way to find the resources you need at cheaper prices. This can cut great costs from our student expenses.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Creativity and New Media
Have you ever wondered if Instagram is considered New Media as well? Well it is! This app is not just used to alter pictures and make photos look more aesthetically pleasing. It is also a great way to be creative and experiment with different elements of what some people call "iphoneography". Many people use this as a way to share photos with their family members who sometimes are far away from each other. This creative method is fun and allows people to see potential situations as art!
I created a collage of some of my favorite Instgram photos I have taken
-I work on Wall Street
-I am obsessed with clouds and sunset so I was in LOVE with the image i took on the upper right
-My sister and my brother
-Thats me!
-With my younger cousins
-Avicii @ Radio City Music Hall- one of the best concerts i have ever been !
-My brother
- The view of the city from a cruise around the city
Creativity
Is there anything more amusing than watching Winnie the Pooh dancing to "Crank that Soulja Boy"? I think not!
As vast as the world of New Media has grown to become, there is never a limit to how creative one can be using these outlets. First off, it is much easier to express one's thoughts out to a wider range of public.
A great example of this viral exposure is Mash up Youtube videos. Users mash up different soundtracks to Disney movies to create one entertaining video. Crank That Soulja Boy was an example of one these soundtracks. As “Crank That” climbed the music charts over the summer — the song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this month — the videos started gaining in popularity and users edited together versions using characters owned by other big media companies. A version using clips taken from Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants” has been viewed more than seven million times" (Barnes).
Additionally, all the resources and information is at our fingertips. Any idea that is sparked in our heads can be backed up by the vast information found in twitter posts, tumblr dashboards, Facebook newsfeed, and RSS feed.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds
When I
hear of "Virtual Worlds" I think of The Sims. You are able
to construct your own reality, but inside a computer screen. I think
it is a pretty decent way to explore creativity and essentially create your
own utopistic society.
Pros:
Connections
Facilitate creativity
Endless opportunities
Cons:
not reality
no substitute for the real world
time consuming
misleading- and raises expectations.
Unrealistic
These virtual worlds can be used to foster
collaborative work. For example, it can be a mock graphic wiki page. Every user
can contribute to this virtual world and create their space being whoever they
want to be. For example, "virtual community Second Life is seeking to tap into that market by creating a new tool that allows businesses to have virtual meetings on their own computer networks" (Tutton).
The virtual world provides borderless
creativity within the online platform. Users are not bound my physical constraints
(like needing to access physical information) due to the unlimited content
available online.
Being unlimited ultimately leads to grander
outcomes and stronger platforms
For example Ruth La Ferla, a journalist for New York TImes explains, "That little corner is expanding, suggested Tom Hale, the chief product officer for Second Life. Mr. Hale said that roughly 250,000 items are created daily by residents using a built-in modeling tool or outside graphics program to construct 3-D objects to sell in the virtual marketplace"(La Ferla).
For example Ruth La Ferla, a journalist for New York TImes explains, "That little corner is expanding, suggested Tom Hale, the chief product officer for Second Life. Mr. Hale said that roughly 250,000 items are created daily by residents using a built-in modeling tool or outside graphics program to construct 3-D objects to sell in the virtual marketplace"(La Ferla).
However, one of the constraints of Virtual
Worlds is that this increased ability for creativity might expand expectations
so much that ultimately, reality might become displeasing.
People spend a large amount of time on these
Virtual worlds and ignore the outside world because of this.
We must question what is the benefit of us
investing our time on this outlet.
I believe that there will be a presence of
Virtual Worlds in our future because so many people are dissatisfied with their
current living situations. These outlets will allow them to express themselves
and live virtually any life they wish to have.
Therefore, even though Virtual Worlds will
flourish in the future, I cannot say that these will benefit people to be
successful and flourish in the real world.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Blog about Twitter
Question: How does a Twitter discussion compare to a BlackBoard Discussion? To an in-class discussion?
When I log onto twitter, I feel like the environment is much more different in facilitating a conversation. There is a limit to the amount we can type in our tweets, so it shapes how much we can express ourselves and our ideas. Also, on Twitter, hashtags are utilized to connect with other people that are interested in a similar topic. Blackboard discussions are different in that they are more structured in the way people post and respond to each other.
I prefer class discussions over Blackboard and Twitter because the thoughts and emotions are real. We are not shielded by a computer screen and therefore, people might not want to share their thoughts. This may sound like a bad thing, but really I think the emotions that come out during a face-to-face discussion can enhance one's thoughts and want them to speak out even more.
Through the internet, we cannot express ourselves like we can in person. Ultimately, i prefer human interaction and i flourish in conversations that allow me to display emotion and passion for that subject.
When I log onto twitter, I feel like the environment is much more different in facilitating a conversation. There is a limit to the amount we can type in our tweets, so it shapes how much we can express ourselves and our ideas. Also, on Twitter, hashtags are utilized to connect with other people that are interested in a similar topic. Blackboard discussions are different in that they are more structured in the way people post and respond to each other.
I prefer class discussions over Blackboard and Twitter because the thoughts and emotions are real. We are not shielded by a computer screen and therefore, people might not want to share their thoughts. This may sound like a bad thing, but really I think the emotions that come out during a face-to-face discussion can enhance one's thoughts and want them to speak out even more.
Through the internet, we cannot express ourselves like we can in person. Ultimately, i prefer human interaction and i flourish in conversations that allow me to display emotion and passion for that subject.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Social Networking Sites
Myspace
As a child, I remember Myspace to be very basic. A basic color scheme, with space for improvement if you were familiar with HTML coding. The website was for interacting with friends, sharing pictures, and posting fun little surveys for lack of anything better to do at that age. But Myspace has really transformed as a website, and perhaps because of their great loss of popularity. Musicians now use to to debut their music and hope to increase their international fan base. Random up and coming Musicians would request to be my friend and let me know about their music. There was not much room for posting on "Walls" or having lengthy conversations like that of the Facebook website.
Facebook
A great website for networking with people I have met way back in Elementary school and now throughout college, Facebook has proven to really revolutionize the idea of maintaining relationships. We can create photo albums, tag friends in albums, post comments on walls and use instant messaging all on one outlet. Privacy becomes a big issue with this website. There is so much information available to us now; locations of our friends, the pictures other people have "liked". Many people do not want to be shown or do not want to even see that information about others on their timelines. So I heavily use the privacy settings to limit my information distribution and disable viewing other people's information that i have no use for as well.
Twitter
I really love Twitter. I love being able to express my opinions any time i please. This is something that is not really recognized on Facebook. If you post too much on FB, you are just blocked or unsubscribed from. But on Twitter, your posts can be endless (until Twitter jail comes in place of course). You can choose who to follow and what information you want on your timeline. It is a great and quick way to receive different news from everywhere. Lastly, you can utilize the privatization of your tweets, and control who receives the information you are putting out, keeping you in control.
Tumblr
This Social Network is really great for art, displaying, sharing, and creating. You basically follow a number of people and reblog or blog photos, music, text, or anything of that nature. I love that it brings out the creative side of people and its really simple to find people with similar likes as yourself. There is an issue of "stealing"art and claiming it as his or her own on Tumblr. But other than that hinderance, many people start out their art or fashion blogs through tumblr.
As a child, I remember Myspace to be very basic. A basic color scheme, with space for improvement if you were familiar with HTML coding. The website was for interacting with friends, sharing pictures, and posting fun little surveys for lack of anything better to do at that age. But Myspace has really transformed as a website, and perhaps because of their great loss of popularity. Musicians now use to to debut their music and hope to increase their international fan base. Random up and coming Musicians would request to be my friend and let me know about their music. There was not much room for posting on "Walls" or having lengthy conversations like that of the Facebook website.
A great website for networking with people I have met way back in Elementary school and now throughout college, Facebook has proven to really revolutionize the idea of maintaining relationships. We can create photo albums, tag friends in albums, post comments on walls and use instant messaging all on one outlet. Privacy becomes a big issue with this website. There is so much information available to us now; locations of our friends, the pictures other people have "liked". Many people do not want to be shown or do not want to even see that information about others on their timelines. So I heavily use the privacy settings to limit my information distribution and disable viewing other people's information that i have no use for as well.
I really love Twitter. I love being able to express my opinions any time i please. This is something that is not really recognized on Facebook. If you post too much on FB, you are just blocked or unsubscribed from. But on Twitter, your posts can be endless (until Twitter jail comes in place of course). You can choose who to follow and what information you want on your timeline. It is a great and quick way to receive different news from everywhere. Lastly, you can utilize the privatization of your tweets, and control who receives the information you are putting out, keeping you in control.
Tumblr
This Social Network is really great for art, displaying, sharing, and creating. You basically follow a number of people and reblog or blog photos, music, text, or anything of that nature. I love that it brings out the creative side of people and its really simple to find people with similar likes as yourself. There is an issue of "stealing"art and claiming it as his or her own on Tumblr. But other than that hinderance, many people start out their art or fashion blogs through tumblr.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Social Networking
Over a very short period of time, Social networks underwent huge transformations, aesthetically and in their purposes to society. Lets take Facebook for example. What was created for College students to reconnect with each other, is now used to post pictures, track life events on timelines, and acts as online classrooms for teachers to post assignments and facilitate discussions between students.
However, Corporate Companies have managed to take this restructuring, and generate public opinions much quicker in order to improve their business practices offered to consumers. Chuck Hamilton,
New Media and Learning Leader for IBM’s 3D Internet Division talks more on how Social Networks allow IBM to reach all of their consumers. He says, "Social networks allow businesses to collaborate with all kinds of people, with diverse backgrounds and different levels of expertise, from locations all over the world. As we rapidly shift to a Global economy, businesses adapt to providing services to different cultures of consumers and different product needs. Thus, integration of Social networks allow this feedback from all over the world to be funneled onto one website.
Many people use Social networks to make up for their lack of Social life. Whether they are unpopular amongst the people surrounding them, or their are denounced "weird" based on societies standards, these networks are used to find commonalities between people and are bases for friendships. A parent notes in a New York Times article that, "Facebook has for the most part been beneficial to my sons,” Mr. Wilson said. “For Evan, the No. 1 reason is it’s helping him come out of his shell and develop social skills that he wasn’t learning because he’s so shy. I couldn’t just push him out of the house and say ‘Find someone"'. Thus, many are able to express themselves through writing better than they can through face to face conversations.
Nonetheless, everything that is not used in moderation can have a dark side. As we see, Social Networks have led to cyber bullying, suicides, and possible risk of incredible censorship in the future. Sometimes, when people give their opinions to an open network of billions of individuals, feelings are hurt and of course, disagreements occur. This ultimately leads to horrors to sensitive people and poses as an advantage to those that resort to bullying for attention.
I feel that in the future, Social Networks will greatly puncture the basis of real friendships and relationships. Married couples are divorcing over Facebook controversies and most no longer have to talk about their days because they tweet throughout the day anyway! I think this really is hurting our society. If we dont get up and off the internet, we will miss everything that is changing around us. Ignorance is not bliss. There should be a limit of sitting in front of the computer screen or looking at our phones. Moderation is key.
However, Corporate Companies have managed to take this restructuring, and generate public opinions much quicker in order to improve their business practices offered to consumers. Chuck Hamilton,
New Media and Learning Leader for IBM’s 3D Internet Division talks more on how Social Networks allow IBM to reach all of their consumers. He says, "Social networks allow businesses to collaborate with all kinds of people, with diverse backgrounds and different levels of expertise, from locations all over the world. As we rapidly shift to a Global economy, businesses adapt to providing services to different cultures of consumers and different product needs. Thus, integration of Social networks allow this feedback from all over the world to be funneled onto one website.
Many people use Social networks to make up for their lack of Social life. Whether they are unpopular amongst the people surrounding them, or their are denounced "weird" based on societies standards, these networks are used to find commonalities between people and are bases for friendships. A parent notes in a New York Times article that, "Facebook has for the most part been beneficial to my sons,” Mr. Wilson said. “For Evan, the No. 1 reason is it’s helping him come out of his shell and develop social skills that he wasn’t learning because he’s so shy. I couldn’t just push him out of the house and say ‘Find someone"'. Thus, many are able to express themselves through writing better than they can through face to face conversations.
Nonetheless, everything that is not used in moderation can have a dark side. As we see, Social Networks have led to cyber bullying, suicides, and possible risk of incredible censorship in the future. Sometimes, when people give their opinions to an open network of billions of individuals, feelings are hurt and of course, disagreements occur. This ultimately leads to horrors to sensitive people and poses as an advantage to those that resort to bullying for attention.
I feel that in the future, Social Networks will greatly puncture the basis of real friendships and relationships. Married couples are divorcing over Facebook controversies and most no longer have to talk about their days because they tweet throughout the day anyway! I think this really is hurting our society. If we dont get up and off the internet, we will miss everything that is changing around us. Ignorance is not bliss. There should be a limit of sitting in front of the computer screen or looking at our phones. Moderation is key.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Blog v Wiki
I feel like there is a distinct difference between Wikis and Blogs. Blogs are more personal and an outlet for creative writing. Usually, very few owners exist per blog (one or two) and they contribute to the Blog as they wish. Wikis are a landing page of information from different sources. For example, in my history class, the students created a Wiki page that contained information on every topic that was discussed over the semester.
These two outlets of information are definitely converging in todays society. Because there is so much information present in the Wikis, the blogs help provide opinions or explanations on or about the information. They work together.
Many up-and coming stylists in Fashion use Stye Blogs to collaborate ideas in for new trends and generate Looks for the public that read for style ideas. And for these purposes, Wiki's are different from Blogs.
A great difference between the blogs and Wiki's is security. The owner of the blog can really delegate who has the ability to make additions on their site. However for the Wikis, it is much more malleable to destruction. "Virtual vandalism can be a major problem. In larger wiki sites, such as those run by the Wikimedia Foundation, vandalism can go unnoticed for a period of time. Wikis, because of their open access, are susceptible to intentional disruption, known as "trolling"' (Wikipedia).
Lastly, who mediates the responses we receive from our Wikis or Blogs. In this light, Blogs are highly more susceptible to attacks from anonymous opinionated people. "Yet in this infinite realm of truth-telling, many want to hide. Who are these people prepared to tell you what they think, but not who they are? What is the mentality that lets them get in our face while wearing a mask? Shredding somebody’s character before the entire world and not being held accountable seems like the perfect sting" (Dowd).
Thus Wikis have a purpose for information and Blogs have a personal touch to them, for opinions.
A great difference between the blogs and Wiki's is security. The owner of the blog can really delegate who has the ability to make additions on their site. However for the Wikis, it is much more malleable to destruction. "Virtual vandalism can be a major problem. In larger wiki sites, such as those run by the Wikimedia Foundation, vandalism can go unnoticed for a period of time. Wikis, because of their open access, are susceptible to intentional disruption, known as "trolling"' (Wikipedia).
Lastly, who mediates the responses we receive from our Wikis or Blogs. In this light, Blogs are highly more susceptible to attacks from anonymous opinionated people. "Yet in this infinite realm of truth-telling, many want to hide. Who are these people prepared to tell you what they think, but not who they are? What is the mentality that lets them get in our face while wearing a mask? Shredding somebody’s character before the entire world and not being held accountable seems like the perfect sting" (Dowd).
Thus Wikis have a purpose for information and Blogs have a personal touch to them, for opinions.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Attack of the Social Network
I am looking for my privacy...has anyone seen it?
Social Media and Networking has overcome companies and our daily lives by storm.It is almost impossible to be a stranger when one can simply Google someone's name and enjoy a selection of information on them. Whether it be the persons Linkedin page, their Facebook page, or their incredibly embarrassing photos from Spring Break six years ago, networking no longer has a basis for strangers. Rather, it is an introduction of people whom are equipped with many outlets that already provides information on the other.
So then, one might ask, what is the point of human interaction anymore? If we no longer have to hold conversations with each other because the information is already at out fingertips; perhaps we meet each other just for the pleasing aesthetics of our presence to one another.
This is where I completely am against the dark tunnel that Social Networks are taking us on. Not only do we lose sight of the importance of human interaction, but we also lose a bit of ourselves along the way. We lose the ability to explain that we are not party animals, and those pictures from Spring Break were really just the result of a Dare your friends made you commit.
In summation, for my term paper, I will approach the negative aspects of Social Networking and the impacts it has had on our society. I will research the difference between humans who interact on Social Networks and humans who do not and those implications on their real "Social Networks". Most importantly, I want to know if the presence of these Social Networks has changed our perceptions of reality and how people see themselves communicating (or not communicating) in the future, and through what outlets.
Social Media and Networking has overcome companies and our daily lives by storm.It is almost impossible to be a stranger when one can simply Google someone's name and enjoy a selection of information on them. Whether it be the persons Linkedin page, their Facebook page, or their incredibly embarrassing photos from Spring Break six years ago, networking no longer has a basis for strangers. Rather, it is an introduction of people whom are equipped with many outlets that already provides information on the other.
So then, one might ask, what is the point of human interaction anymore? If we no longer have to hold conversations with each other because the information is already at out fingertips; perhaps we meet each other just for the pleasing aesthetics of our presence to one another.
This is where I completely am against the dark tunnel that Social Networks are taking us on. Not only do we lose sight of the importance of human interaction, but we also lose a bit of ourselves along the way. We lose the ability to explain that we are not party animals, and those pictures from Spring Break were really just the result of a Dare your friends made you commit.
In summation, for my term paper, I will approach the negative aspects of Social Networking and the impacts it has had on our society. I will research the difference between humans who interact on Social Networks and humans who do not and those implications on their real "Social Networks". Most importantly, I want to know if the presence of these Social Networks has changed our perceptions of reality and how people see themselves communicating (or not communicating) in the future, and through what outlets.
Monday, September 10, 2012
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