Next New

We live in an era where technology has surrounded our lives. Our work or life is heavily dependent upon various tech gadgets, that has became a part of daily life. I think a cool next new media invention should be hologram 3D. Just like we use Facetime, Skype or any other video conferencing technology, but with hologram 3D a person would be able to communicate in a three dimensional world. I think this technology can increase the depth or content of communication versus a 2D video conferencing channel.

P2P

File sharing is virtual sharing system of private or public files. It allows a user in a network to access a file for example a word document, with certain levels of privilege. It allows multiple users to access the file with permission to view, edit or modify it. Users at different levels can be granted different levels of permission based upon their position. P2P or Peer to Peer file sharing is s system that allows users to share content with other users who run the same p2p software on their computer system. It allows users to share music, movies, games and other paid software with users for free of cost. It helps to channel digital content across the internet from one user to another all around the globe. The article "The BitTorrent Effect" by Clive Thompson explains how one of the biggest P2P software called BitTorrent works. It is the biggest torrent software that allows users to download any kind of digital content over the air using an internet connection. It is also vulnerable as hackers can easily gain access to computer risking enormous amount of confidential data. There also enormous other P2P software available in the market such as LimeWire, Kazaa, eMule and various other. It is almost impossible to impose restrictions on all of these software out there in the market. 



https://www.wired.com/2005/01/bittorrent-2/

• AUTHOR: CLIVE 

Wiki So Far

I have worked on the mobile device section of wiki. I started my contribution with a discussion about the first cellphone invented by Motorola and then I discussed about the new technologies apple has invented in their latest flagship phone iPhone X. I uploaded content in the iPhone section and in the Mobile device section. I added images of the Neural Engine technology in iPhone X and uploaded the picture of Motorola's first cell phone. Going forward I plan on contributing more towards the technology portion of Wiki by indicating what changes have fostered the growth of New Media.

Advice

New Media is an great tool to enhance learning and collaboration. Baruch is a school that gets students from all across the globe who speak different languages and are custom to different cultures.  There are students whose first language is not English, one way new media can be used improve college is by providing students with lectures in different languages. There can be blogs established where students who speak the same language can collaborate and study to better understand the subject. Moreover students who have takes same professors before can also post their notes online (maybe for a fee) to help other students who are taking the same professors to get better grades. There are also days when professors are unable to get to the class due to severe weather, job or any personal reason. In order to cover up for the lost day professors may also be able to post their video lectures or provide live video conferencing on blackboard. 

Privacy

New media has opened new dimension and possibilities for people to connect with each other. We are always posting our personal information online such as check in, snaps, status. On one hand it keeps us connected with our loved ones but on the contrary there is also a cost of privacy and confidentiality. Our online profile on social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram is no longer private. Whatever we post or comment the entire world can see, this is a critical threat to our privacy. There has been incidents where people were tracked based on their location checked in on Facebook, which resulted in burglary and theft. If the information we post on social media websites is not safe then this raises the question of confidentiality. Information like credit card numbers, passwords are supposed to be confidential information but hackers are able to gain access to all of that by hacking into your computer. They can also hack into social media accounts and within no time a person can be a victim of identity theft. We need more stronger IT control systems and firewalls that prevents vulnerable and critical private information from being exposed to the public.