The Next New Thing

It is hard to come up with something new in terms on new media considering it is expanding rather quickly. However, an idea I have is to create a program for school purposes in which if children are sick, they can directly connect to the classroom through a webcam and still catch the lectures and lessons instead of missing the work. Everything in our lives now have cameras, our phones, iPads, computers etc, so it would be convenient to log and see what is going on in class if you can't make it to class. 

P2P File Sharing

File sharing is exchanging files on the internet. That includes somebody uploading files and somebody downloading files. File sharing allows sharing more than just music files, such as movies, documents, books, etc. In P2P sharing, users are able to connect to a network and search for shared files on other user's computers (peer-to-peer). If the files are too larges, they are broken down and then reassembled after they are downloaded. An example of P2P file sharing is BitTorrent.

Privacy and Confidentiality

Privacy and confidentiality are a big issue in the world today, especially with the use of new media. Everything is now being posted online. People have to be careful what they post on their Facebooks and Twitter accounts because now their future colleges, employers and others will be able to see what they posted in the past. Therefore, too much personal information should not be posted on these websites. People also have to be careful using credit cards through their smartphones. It is possible for other to hack it, get their information and have their identity stolen. Overall, less personal information needs to be posted through new media.

Advice to Baruch College

Baruch College is in desperate need of getting a better source of communication. It is impossible to reach somebody in bursars, registrar, etc. Therefore, I believe that Baruch should start using new media to have better contact with their students. By using social networking websites such as Facebook or Twitter, Baruch would have a better and faster way of reaching their students. Most students interact with each other on these websites already, so why not implement a way where they can reach the faculty?