The Next New Thing

A new type of "new media" that I envision is a holographic copy of an object or person, and can be decorated. It will of course be affordable (hopefully). More specifically for instance, a holographic version of yourself, standing in front of a mirror or wall and you will have the ability to change your holographic form--you can see yourself in different clothing, which makes it easier to see how clothes will look on you in the future. You can also prepare to dress yourself in the clothes in your closet with their holographic form. 

Basically, a technology that allows you to dress yourself and change outfits and decide what you want to wear or look like, in holographic form in the same size, etc of exactly how you would actually look if you were to really do it. This technology could go on to be in stores and malls, where you wouldn't need to actually try on clothes, but will have the option to see how the article of clothing would look on you. It can also work for haircuts, make-up, etc. How exciting would that be!

P2P

File sharing is transferring or sending files over the Internet--it can be through social media sites or private emails. Examples of file sharing is sending pictures through Dropbox via email or uploading a picture of a homework assignment in a private Facebook page. However, P2P (peer to peer) File sharing is transferring files directly from one computer to another. There are P2P softwares you can download to share files, instead of sharing through a web browser.

In the article, "Peers Find Less Pressure Borrowing From Each Other" by Wendy Kaufman, Chanda Lugere managed to make use of the Internet to create Lending Club, which allows investors to put money to fund loans, and borrowers can borrow money for less interest than they would be able to, in the outside world such as from banks and creditors. Essentially, Lugere made use of peer to peer lending and is making a business out of it; "institutional investors have had a hard time finding good fixed-income investments. But P2P lending can offer that" (Kaufman).

Wiki So Far

As of now, I did a minor edit in the Love 5.6 "Coffee Meets Bagel" content and helped with grammatical errors. I also edited New Media in Politics, 2. "Social Media and Politics" and updated the content with information regarding how Facebook plays an important role in the 2016 election. I also re-organized some of the information and added an additional reference to the page.
In the future, I plan to expand on the Mobile Application Development section and elaborate on the positive effects social media has on our lives, especially with access of the Internet on smaller, portable devices.



Links to the content I helped edit/improve are listed below:
http://newmedia.shoutwiki.com/wiki/New_Media_in_Politics#Social_Media_in_Politics
http://newmedia.shoutwiki.com/wiki/New_Media_in_Love#Coffee_Meets_Bagel

Privacy & Confidentiality

With the rapid growth and advance of new media, there are new problems and threats to privacy and confidentiality. According to the article, "The Wild West of Privacy" by Joe Nocera, there is a privacy crisis looming in the United States. Big Internet companies such as Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc. are collecting data about us, their users and then sell the data to other companies who would like to learn about our health habits, food preferences, etc. There is a market for consumer studies and with the tools created by big data brokers, it is now easier for them than ever to monitor us.
In addition to these sites tracking our every move, there is a serious privacy concern when taking into consideration social media sites such as Facebook or Youtube. Their privacy settings are continuously changing, and sometimes users are not aware of the news changes and the information that was once private is now public. Despite the privacy settings, some people are just unaware altogether of how to manage their privacy settings on social media sites and end up having personal pictures shared or used on fake accounts.Speaking of identity thief, there have been many cases of information being stolen from online purchases and breached email accounts. Hence, there are a lot of issues concerning privacy and confidentiality regarding new media and is still a looming threat today.

Advice to Baruch College

If I were hired by Baruch College, some suggestions I have regarding new media would be:

1) Using online based homework more often in the classroom. For instance, some classes are currently using Connect or MypearsonLab and I find these sites very useful (for math courses at least) when there are options to give you examples of the current question you are working on, and also refers you to the section of the textbook that is related to the problem. This allows for easier and more effective way of studying and understanding where exactly you need to study from in the textbook. 

2) Encourage participation/attendance in workshops that teach you how to use social media properly, ie. What NOT to put on social media, What recruiters are looking for on your LinkedIn page, etc. 

3) Discussions on Blackboard. From all of the classes that I have ever taken in Baruch in almost four years, most professors do not utilize the discussion board on Blackboard. It can be a very important tool for the professor and students to communicate, as well as for other students to communicate for one another. For instance, the discussion board can be opened up for anyone to start a new thread, and from there, the professor should encourage any questions-and the answer to the question can be answered by either the professor or other students. The discussion board can also be a place where students reach out to other students in the class if they'd like to study together or share notes if they missed a class, etc.

Creativity and New Media

For my example of how new media fosters creativity, I took snapshots of my screen on my phone, while playing the game Clash of Clans. Clash of Clans is an app for both androids and apple devices; it is a strategy game that allows you to choose your army and invade other users' villages. This game allows for a lot of creativity in 1) how you choose to assemble your army for attacking 2) how you choose to defend your village based on the setup of your buildings and walls, and 3) your method of attacking the other villages.

<-- This is my first and current layout of my village. I purposely spread out my buildings in the shape of a square so that it would be more difficult for my opponents to reach the center while my defense towers are attacking their troops.

This is my second layout. As you can see, it differs from my first layout. This game allows you to save up to 3 base layouts and therefore, encourages you to be creative and create different bases in case one doesn't seem to be effective for too long.

 <-- This is my final layout. Although it is not as effective as the first two, I really like this one because it has a cool shape. For the record, I created all three of these layouts on my own. I like how the game gives make a chance to arrange the buildings and walls to my liking.

This is a quick glance of the different types of troops available that you need to train in order to compose your army for attacking. As you can see, there are various possibilities.

 <-- In addition to different troops for your army, you can also choose spells to help your army advance in battle. You can definitely be creative in the type of offense you create.

Lastly, here is a screenshot of the midst of a battle. There are endless ways someone can choose to attack a village. You can start from the side, corner, go straight for the center with air troops, drop poison spells, or a rage spell with golems, etc. Essentially, one of the main reasons why I enjoy playing this game is because it allows me to be creative in my strategies for defending and attacking.

CREATIVITY

Youtube, an example of a new media is fostering creativity by allowing users to upload videos of mash-ups (a video made by editing snippets of other videos and movies). According to the article, "Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why?" by Brooks Barnes, there have been several instances of mash-ups uploaded on Youtube and has not been removed because it has not violated the copyright laws. By allowing these mash-ups to remain on Youtube, the new media site Youtube, along with Nickelodeon (the company the clips have been taken from) are encouraging others to create more videos for entertainment. A Nickelodeon spokesman encourages this and states that, "our audiences can creatively mash video from our content as much and as often as they like," and even commented on the mash-up saying that it "was a very nice edit job by whoever did the Spongebob mash". Essentially, by allowing these mash-ups to remain for others to view, other users are more willing to go out of their comfort zone and create more creative videos.