the next new thing

i notice on other social networking sites such as facebook and twitter and instagram, how people market their products by sharing photos, they leave a link to another website like ebay and etsy or amazon for their potential buyers to click on. what about a social networking site that allows for socializing and also buying and selling of goods all on the same site without the involvement of a third party website?

i suggest a fun social media site that allows its users in form of buyers and sellers to socialize with one another easily without the hassle of roaming around different websites. a name such as social market place very well describe my idea. this kind of social networking site will allow the sellers to share as much information with their consumers as they want, as well as family and friends. not only that, it would also allow them to get feed backs from their consumer in a faster and easier way. from the consumers perspective, it will allow purchasing of goods and services easier because this new media will allows give them access to view products from different manufacturers or sellers in one place. the social media site will also allow them to make purchases in the same place without having to visit their paypal account and things of that nature. overall, it would be a fun thing for everyone.      

our class wiki - so far

there is  a genius brand behind wiki. it gives an impression that no idea is a bad idea. it is a medium where one can share his or her idea and thought without being criticized. so far, if have been contributing to pages such as advertising, social networking and new media. i am looking to upload images as well as facts and data to various pages to make them more interesting. i have a lot to share on wiki because it allows me to edit and add to what other users are sharing. for some reason, wiki is not allowing me to create a new wiki post which is what i really want to do and other users can collaborate with me. i am sure by the end of this class, i will already have contributed significantly to our class wiki. i have information on my mobile phone that i would like to add to wiki soon but i have been having technical difficulties connecting my phone to my pc. i plan to send these information to my email so i can open it on my pc, that way it would be easier for me to upload them to wiki.

p2p file sharing

what is file sharing? file sharing is the distribution or the provision of computer data over the internet. there are several types of file sharing and one of them is peer to peer file sharing. peer to peer file sharing is a system of sharing files directly between network users, with the requirement of a central server. file sharing is legal unless it is a copyrighted material of program. copyrighted material include music and computer software programs that are meant to be paid for to have access to. examples are music and games. examples of peer to peer programs are BitTorrent and Napster.

a blog post on all tech considered also shared an innovative way investors use p2p file sharing, the lending club. this allow borrowers to borrow directly while eradicating the intermediaries. by doing this, the investors are able to make good profit while the borrowers get lower interest rate, as low as six percent.

sources: peer-to-peer file sharing: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/05/10/182651552/peers-find-less-pressure-borrowing-from-each-other

advice

Baruch college is downing a great job in using new media to communicate with students in terms of using the blackboard and cunyfirst. it is fast and convenient. the area i'll advice the school is the student email. the baruch email seem like an outsider in the sense that it is not directly connected to any of the other cuny or baruch accounts. this make student miss out on information sometimes. this can be improved if the baruch email can be connected to blackboard so that when student visit their blackboard site, they can also view their email in one shot. student usually visit their blackboard site more than they visit the baruch email. another way to make it convenient is to create an app. every student have their primary email such as yahoo or google of which they get instant notification on their mobile devices through the apps, if baruch email can provide an app where student can get instant notification on messages, it would be amazing.

   

privacy and confidentiality

privacy on the internet include the right for every individual to determine what information they share on the internet and how they are being used. unfortunately, this right have been taken away from us. this does not only apply to individuals but also to companies with large pool of information for example target, banks, insurance companies, etc. the amount of information available on the internet today is overwhelming, everything is out there and no information on the internet is safe. for every individual who owns a smartphone, the web analyst have in one way or the other tapped into your personal information like address, where you work, your life style and so on. marketing and advertising companies are able to tailor the products they advertise to you because everything on the internet is connected, doing something as simple as typing into the search engine on your phone or computer gives them the information they need as per what you might be interested in. at this point, it is not a big of a deal for some individuals, but in situations where confidential information such as credit information or medical history are being hacked into, i don't think the internet is the most secure space for these information to be stored. it used to be easy to convince people that the internet is safe, but now it is not, site such as facebook and google now have access to your personal information to a great extent which does not used to be like that. new media have made it a lot easier, almost tempting for people to share their personal information online.  

creativity

the ability to express ones creative idea is creativity. the idea can be original, that is something we made up on our own with internal inspiration, it can also be idea coined from others creativity. i believe creativity is an act of its own. it is a different thing to have all these amazing ideas and imaginations, but how well can you express it to the audience? where do you find your audience? this is where creativity comes to play because, depending on how well you can express and translate your ideas and thoughts, that is what measures how creative you are.

today, we can find a lot of creative people on the internet, new media made it possible and more accessible. new media has given people to ability to share their ideas. new media is creativity on it own, in addition to people being able to add or contribute to this creativity, new media is now amazingly a platform of creativity. on new media, one will find things that you have never imagined and incredibly creative ideas and item. 

creativity and new media

new media is where creative minded individuals get to showcase their creativity to the world. not only that, new media also gives less creative minded individuals the encouragement to be more creative. new media is an acceptable platform for people to show their work. a very good example is YouTube, Facebook, twitter, and Pinterest. these are social media site where people share their ideas through videos, in writing and photos. like the article in new york times about the parody videos and Disney accepting it. i think the idea about Disney not opposing these talented individual ideas is because of the creativity behind it. on the other hand, linked in is another new media platform where creativity comes to play when it comes to marketing your skills. so many thoughts are put into putting words that describes ones skills in order to get peoples attention.

another way new media have promoted creativity is the visual aspect of it. individuals get to put their true self forward in order for the audience to see. ideas can be shared in real time. also, it is like an archive where audience can always go back to and watch or read at any point in time.

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/media/24crank.html?_r=0