The Next New Thing

A new type of new media that I think will be a good idea can be a website where people can teach other students about anything they want. It would consist of uploading an instructional video. The idea is to build a community that promotes helping others learn. It can be like a ""How to Cook" video or even a "How to do Math or Science" lesson on video. It's a website specifically designed for learning. People who have trouble reading can benefit from this. Also visual learning may work better for a lot of people. You can comment on the videos. I think it would be pretty popular. It's a great way to receive free information and make new friends.

Our Wiki So Far....

So far I am still working on it. There is a lot that can be contributed to the page. We can add different segments on how New Media has benefited certain industries. We can put how certain industries will use the New Media. And of course we can add how the New Media has damaged other industries. The goal is to show how the new media has shaped the economy.

About my term project

I did my research on social networking and the social effects it has had on our society. Most of my research was done through the database of the baruch website but I had also found interesting articles from the Time magazines. A lot of my findings were interesting. Social networking is being used for many things. One thing is certain that despite the issues of privacy control, it is a fact that people WANT to expose themselves. They just want to have control of what they expose. Of course this could lead to problems such as harassment through social networking also known as "cyberbullying". It is also interesting to see that the police have been using social networking to catch predators. I think it is a good thing. Research has also been done and many people enjoy social networking because it removes social tensions that normal socializing would cause. So perhaps it is a good thing in that sense. Also, it has facilitated communications with a larger group by the use of group pages from Facebook or other similar tools. One thing is certain and that is social networking will not replace meeting someone face to face. Although other studies show that people don't add strangers. So meeting new people is still being done in real life rather than social networks. I think of social networking as a plus and it doesn't really damage our basic social skills. It is just a way of keeping tabs on our friends. Of course one has to use it the right way. Social networking is increasing in popularity especially Facebook and who knows where it will take us. Social networking truly has revolutionized our ways of communications.

Privacy and Confidentiality

Privacy has been an issue in the world of the New Media especially in the case of social networking websites. In websites such as Facebook and Twitter, sometimes people just give out way too much information about themselves. They don't think about the harm they could be doing to themselves. There could be stalkers checking them out daily and getting updated on their lives. And there have been situations where employers will check out employees' Facebook and judge them based on pictures and comments that could lead them to get fired. So it's more of a question of how to handle yourself on Facebook. Many people use Facebook to keep in contact with their friends from all over the world. But it is also a way of meeting new people. Because of this, people will try to portray themselves the way they want others to view them on Facebook and they will invent new ways of making themselves look better in their eyes. Perhaps they will use a picture of themselves as their profile picture from years ago that they look good in when they look completely different than they do now. There is a movie that just came out recently called Catfish. It was only played on selected theaters in Manhattan. Basically without revealing too much information to avoid spoiling it for people who may be interested, the plot is basically about a guy who meets this girl on Facebook and throughout time he would get to know her family through Facebook only. He would start a relationship through Facebook only. When he tried to meet her she always refused. Finally he decides to surprise her and go to where she lives to meet her. Everything he thought he knew about her and the family through Facebook just turned out to be completely different from what he thought. It's very crazy what he finds out about this woman. It's mind boggling what people will do on Facebook. You can never be too careful with the people you meet on Facebook. So it is important to handle your privacy very well on Facebook. I really think it's dumb to update my location on Facebook or Twitter every second of the day. I think it's annoying to see people of all, and t isn't very smart revealing your whereabouts to a bunch of people that you are friends with on the internet. Some friends you are with are close to you but there's a good amount of those "friends" that are really just acquaintances and have no business knowing what you are doing.  

Advice to Baruch College

If I was hired by Baruch College to use new media in Baruch, I would suggest more online courses because I feel it is something every student should experience. Baruch is a school where a lot of students commute to so I feel many students would benefit from having more online courses because instead of having to come all the way to school for 5 classes maybe they can not worry so much about a couple of classes that they know they can study at home on their own time. It would remove a lot of stress from them. I would also suggest maybe Baruch having their own Youtube channel or something to show the upcoming freshman students a tour guide of the school. This can be a way of letting freshman know what to expect, which places are good to hang out, and can show them the gym, etc. And perhaps Baruch can have a blog for all students to join and contribute ways to improve the school. This blog can also be used for students to advertise their clubs, events, or selling textbooks.