Exploring New Media with Jennifer

File sharing is a modern way of exchanging and sharing documents, media, music, data etc. over the internet or networks. Peer to Peer file sharing, quite like file sharing is the ability to share and access data through peer to peer computer networks created online to ease these activities. It allows users from all over the world to share and access media files using one of the many designated peer to peer software. This type of sharing has been highly referred to as piracy from companies because the downloaded videos, files, and other data is free, and they are not making any profit from it. File sharing is a pro for the users and a con for companies whose files are downloaded over and over for free. Two examples of peer to peer file sharing are BearShare and the Lending Club. BearShare which I have used a few years back allowed me to download music for free. The Lending Club is a very famous peer to peer site that acts as a link between the borrowers and the lenders. In 2012 the L

A college is as best as it's students and the resources that it provides for them, aside from the high quality of teachers another terrific way to improve the college is through the implementation of new media to help assist the students through live chats. New Media can be incorporated into the different departments of the school such as Bursar, Advisement and Financial Aid offices. They can have an instant chat option where the students can connect with these offices and receive immediate assistance.  I work, and I know a lot of students work too and have families to take care of and it is difficult sometimes to take time out of our busy schedule to come into these offices.  Email no longer is the fastest and efficient way to communicate. I sent an email five days ago to the Bursar's Office and I called but I have yet to receive any response. With the implementation of live chats, students can get answers to simple or puzzling questions. As technology modernize we should be

I am not an outdoorsy person or someone who would literally get their hands soiled. So this class I took the liberty to do something that I would never do in person which is pottery. Most of the times I am very impatient and a little hyper, so pottery is pretty much out of the picture. My inspiration for this project was things that I would furnish my apartment with. I went with simple colors nothing too bright or popping like grey and blue my favorite color. Two pieces would fit perfectly in my living room to go with my light or greyish sofa. 

The combination of technology and its collaboration with new media has made the far reach idea of creativity possible to anyone no matter their means.  The article,  Twitter Serves Up Ideas from Its Followers,  shows how with the combination of technology and new media where creativity is birthed and fostered.  Before this article, I thought that these ideas, the creativity behind them were fostered by the consumers but really it was the producers or these big creators who come up with these ideas, turns out that I was not entirely correct.  New media allows us to dig into that creative side of us as we explore ideas and connect with different people on the different platform.       Creativity is one of the 5 C's of new media, this is a fitting example and proof of how it is implemented.  With the resources available we can communicate and also collaborate with people all over the world who we were not able to connect with before these advancements in technology. For instance, a

Let’s be frank, privacy is pretty much nonexistent in new media and social networking sites.  In this time and age, you can find anything online and with the right motivation and training you can get into any site private or not and access any information.  Some people, however, use new media in despicable and unsavory ways. The article, The Conundrum of Visibility: Youth Safety and the Internet , supports this claim, stating that people use new media for cyberbullying, sexual solicitation, and exposure of explicit content and identify theft; which seems to be a popular one.  Not you nor your personal content is safe from bullies who stroll your homepage looking for something to use to take you down emotionally. For a person who overshares on their new media accounts, they can become an easy target. We use new media so much that it is impossible for most people to go a day without it and because of this they may say, tweet, or update their status and accidentally share information no

Virtual worlds have come a long way and today it can be used in several diverse ways that were not possible years ago.  According to the article, After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get A Reboot , Jacki Morie, gave incredible insights into the different ways that virtual world can be used such as in Healthcare or training soldiers for combat.  She also made a remake about how people would never have to be alone again because with virtual worlds it is like a community, there will always be someone there.  Virtual worlds also not only allow for adults to be creative, but it also fosters creativity among the young generation, said Morie in her interview.  This is a very attractive feature of virtual worlds because it allows them to use their minds and create something pure and amazing. With technology such as Virtual Worlds, it will have its pros and cons that will either attract or reject its use.  On the pros of Virtual World as quoted from the article, The Advantages, and Disadvan