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Monday, July 7, 2014
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
The Next Big Thing
This assignment is to try to come up with a new media that doesn't currently exist.
Gosh this is a tough one, I even asked my teenage son for any insight on this and we completely drew a blank considering all of the types of media that are currently already out there already.
You tube, Facebook, Twitter, Wikis, blogs...
you name it, its out there!
I am going to have to go with my inner Inspector Gadget on this one and go with Video Mail. Soon gone will be the days of opening letters, bills, emails, and possibly text messages! I would love to just have something as simple as a watch on me, that has instant messaging for these avenues built directly in. No paper would be wasted! And by then Wifi access will be everywhere, not just limited to a password protected network. In regards to Inspector gadget, the good thing about this new media is that the message will not self destruct in thirty seconds!!
Gosh this is a tough one, I even asked my teenage son for any insight on this and we completely drew a blank considering all of the types of media that are currently already out there already.
You tube, Facebook, Twitter, Wikis, blogs...
you name it, its out there!
I am going to have to go with my inner Inspector Gadget on this one and go with Video Mail. Soon gone will be the days of opening letters, bills, emails, and possibly text messages! I would love to just have something as simple as a watch on me, that has instant messaging for these avenues built directly in. No paper would be wasted! And by then Wifi access will be everywhere, not just limited to a password protected network. In regards to Inspector gadget, the good thing about this new media is that the message will not self destruct in thirty seconds!!
File Sharing & P2P
File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia, documents, or electronic books. (1)
P2P is a peer to peer sharing network. In peer-to-peer sharing, you use a software program (rather than your Web browser) to locate computers that have the file you want. The most famous example of a P2P network that I can think of that I actually used is Napster and Limewire! (Way back when, I used to go on Napster and Limewire, search for a song, and find users on the site who had that song, and then download it onto my computer at home) Downloading music like that was illegal due to copyrights. According to the readings "People have swapped illegal copies of songs, television shows and movies on the Internet for years. The slow download process, often using a peer-to-peer technology called BitTorrent, required patience and a modicum of sophistication by users."(1)
Some examples of P2P file sharing include:
- BitTorrent
- Gnutella
- Kazza
2..www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/business/media/05piracy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Privacy and Confidentiality
For one week in 2012, Facebook manipulated the main news feeds of 689,003 users in an effort to determine how the social media website affects users' emotions (Meyer, NextGov, 6/30). To do so, researchers manipulated users' news feeds to show either mostly positive comments and posts or mostly negative comments and posts in an effort to determine how the content affected users' emotions. Some observers and Facebook users have voiced trust and privacy concerns related to the experiment.(1) This story was recently published in the news and is a great leeway into the issues and concerns a lot of people have regarding privacy and new media.
Creating a profile and offering certain details about yourself, automatically gives the site insight about who you are and what kind of things that you like. Type in "gold strappy sandals" into a Google search while logged into Facebook and surprise surprise......your news feed is now full of advertisements featured gold strappy sandals".
In terms of confidentiality regarding new media....yea right. By posting something on the internet, you are pretty much committing your signature to whatever it is you just posted. Facebook statuses and pictures can go viral and can even be used against you in a court of law! There are even hackers and identity thiefs out there who can give your site, or your friends site a virus that can steal vital personal and confidential information.
A good rule of thumb when using social media, it to give out as little information about yourself as possible and never ever post any information that could potentially damage you at some point in the future. Even if you block people, or even delete certain things, the internet footprint will always be there so please....BEWARE!
1.http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2014/7/1/facebook-study-of-users-behavioral-data-prompts-privacy-concerns
Creating a profile and offering certain details about yourself, automatically gives the site insight about who you are and what kind of things that you like. Type in "gold strappy sandals" into a Google search while logged into Facebook and surprise surprise......your news feed is now full of advertisements featured gold strappy sandals".
In terms of confidentiality regarding new media....yea right. By posting something on the internet, you are pretty much committing your signature to whatever it is you just posted. Facebook statuses and pictures can go viral and can even be used against you in a court of law! There are even hackers and identity thiefs out there who can give your site, or your friends site a virus that can steal vital personal and confidential information.
A good rule of thumb when using social media, it to give out as little information about yourself as possible and never ever post any information that could potentially damage you at some point in the future. Even if you block people, or even delete certain things, the internet footprint will always be there so please....BEWARE!
1.http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2014/7/1/facebook-study-of-users-behavioral-data-prompts-privacy-concerns
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