Blog: Next New I would have wanted to join a social media that involves business and social life. A platform that connects you with people with shared interests, so on this social media in order to log in and use it you will have to put in a lot of information about yourself such as what do you do for work, where do you work, where do you live, what are your hobbies and where do you workout, how old are you, whether your single or not, etc. Based on this information the app will connect you to people with the same interests for a business connection or for friendship/ romantic connection. I think that the next social media platform should be similar to the ones already existed in general but with safety cautions. For example, every user that would like to log in and use this social media, will have to go through a virtual verification and then his personal information like name, picture, age, etc will be verified and available to other users in order to prevent cyberbullying and onl...
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Blog: Wiki So Far For our class wiki, I contributed in two different ways: First, I created a few new pages: The influence of the use in social media on sleeping habits and how social networking enhances tourism. I was explaining about these subjects and added photos to help the readers to engage with the information that is presented to them. In addition, I have edited the mental health page. I have added some statistics from a recent study that has taken place and imply how social media has a direct impact on teenagers' mental health.
Blog: P2P File sharing is the sharing of any kind of digital media from one computer to another. P2P file sharing is referring to Peer TO Peer file sharing, usually between two users that are connected online. the most common content that is shared is electronic books, video games, multimedia (music, movies, video clips) and etc. This is done with the help of P2P client software which allows a computer to get connected to a P2P network. This technology enables P2P clients to upload and download files over the P2P network services. The article written by Wendy Kaufman talks about P2P loans, which allows customers to get lower interest rates for loans that they are getting from other private investors. "The system works like this: investors put up the money to fund the loans; typically they'll have pieces of hundreds, even thousands of loans which are ranked according to risk. An investor's rate of return will vary accordingly. This platform enables people to...
Privacy The increase in the popularity of new media turned information and data to be extremely accessible and therefore has brought many challenges with it related to privacy and confidentiality. The more the usage in social media increases and more information is being sent through internet platforms and databases, the more our information is exposed and our privacy is being affected. So many people have private content on their laptop or content that they share with certain people and they don't want to share it with the world. The truth is, that whatever is being sent out there through the internet can be hacked and used by others. In addition, so many companies and social platforms are using our information when we are not even aware of it. Facebook, for example, has these huge databases of their user's information and by selling it to other companies they make a profit, and that's why this app is free. This is serious because people use their credit card information...
Advice There are so many ways new media can be used to improve Baruch college. I think that the first thing I would suggest would be a social media platform for Baruch students in the presence and in the past. People could make social connections even before they start going to school. Maybe also create pages for each class (like specific facebook pages) so people could communicate there with people from their classes, share content and discuss with people outside of the classroom. I would also create a better Instagram account for Baruch college and share photos from school activities and sports games, and also share instant content on Instagram stories like announcements, videos and more. I think that Baruch is not known enough and doesn't do enough advertising to this amazing school. I would post more information on the school , the great return student gets for their money, and the simple registration process all over social media- on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Creativity and New Media For this assignment, I chose to create my own "bitmoji" character. In order to create a "bitmoji" character all you need to do is to download the bitmoji app and to take a selfie. The process of creating it is very simple and takes only a few seconds. There are many customization options on this app so you could create a bitmoji that looks exactly like you. The customization options are: to select a skin tone, select a hairstyle and color, size and shape of your face, eye color, eyebrows shape and color, eyelashes, and even forehead lines so it will look as real as possible. The final stage of creating your bitmoji is to upgrade it with some makeup if you want to. In addition, there is a lot of outfits you can choose from. There are so many different characteristics and options on this app so you could find the exact one that fits your look and make it real as possible. I really like this app and find it very enjoyable to play with it ...
HW Creativity New media enables people to express themselves in many different ways and helps them to foster their creativity. New media fosters creativity by enabling people to share the things they are creating like music, videos, blog content, fashion, articles, etc and this content is exposed to many people so that they could give instant feedback on one another's work. It also links people from the same industries so they can get inspiration from one another and maybe to collaborate. For example, in the article "Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why? " where people can create those mash-ups videos and be creative and share this content with so many other people. New media enables people to turn their imagination into reality. It is also very accessible so anyone could be creative anywhere and anytime and create content and share it with the world. Barnes, Brooks. “Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why?” The New York Times ,...