Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Next New
Nowadays, almost everyone is pursuing the healthiest and nutritive dining lives. Even though many people know certain food's calories in 100g, people cannot assure that the calories of the food they eat are 100% accurately controlled within their standards. Most food people eat are processed, and during those processes, various additives, oil, and fat are added to that food. Thus, it's an extremely hard thing to limit calorie intake. There should be a device that by scanning the food or meals, it knows the exact amount of oil, fat, and calories contained with them, and such data could be shared with people's family members and friends when they are sharing these dishes with them. In addition, this device can present to people how many calories, fat, and sugar, etc a person has already taken so far, and how many calories he/ she can take during the rest of the day. Such new media could be a positive and healthy way to encourage everyone to have a better life, simultaneously, this device could band the relationships of family members, friends, and colleagues together so as to increase more real interactions by using such technology (new media).
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Wiki So Far
Currently, I have been working on the topic "Mobile App Development" and in the page of "Mobile Applications that advances New Media"on our Baruch New Media because I'm interested in this topic and I found that its Wiki page is not as comprehensive as the other topics. I've contributed to introduce some mobile applications that are not covered by my schoolmates, and these mobile applications reflect the recent trends of people's current lives. Right now, I briefly introduce "Apple Pay"on iPhone and a fitness mobile application. Besides, I'll introduce more mobile applications that are the novel New Media and improve people's live, and I'll summarize how the development mobile applications affect New Medias and the whole society by proving it with credible scholarly research.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
P2P
File sharing is the manual distribution of websites' access permissions, documents, media, and programs, etc to others that are known or unknown. There are several ways for file sharing transmission, including hyperlinks, Bluetooth, Airdrop on iPhones, USB copying, and peer-to-peer (P2P) distribution, etc. P2P file sharing is one of the digital source sharing ways but based on peer-to-peer networking technology. For example, access to media like games, ebook, music, and movies via P2P file-sharing software programs, such as BearShare, LimeWire, KaZaa, eMule, Vuze, uTorrent and BitTorrent.
However, P2P "file" sharing today is not limited to the traditional files but could be sources like loaning and funding. According to Kaufman, she presents a new loaning company- Lending Club, whose operating mode is different than traditional bank mode, using peer-to-peer loaning and lending in "Peers Find Less Pressure Borrowing From Each Other". Under this P2P lending, investors who invest their money on Lending Club can directly be borrowed to borrowers with a lower rate. And such a method benefits both lenders and borrowers, so that's why P2P lending has been developing. Nevertheless, is it credible? Compared with the traditional banks that have been accumulating skyscraping credits, P2P lending remains unproven; otherwise, P2P lending has already exceeded bank loaning.
Monday, November 11, 2019
Privacy
Nowadays, privacy and confidentiality are the main issues of new media, particularly online media. New media tools especially online sites humans rely on are quite convenient and irreplaceable currently. Numerous personal information is presenting online, and it is a common first step for most people to expand their online networking. Despite many people set their private information or posts to a specific group of people that might be their families, friends, and colleagues, their privacy can be leaked either intentionally or unintentionally. Because of the Internet's timeliness, information on it can be captured less than one second by some people even if the post owner deletes, recalls or withdraws the message within a few seconds. Thus, the exposed privacy might be retained and disseminated permanently online. Online networking site like Facebook, its privacy setting is confusing since although people set their privacy only to intimate friends their posts could still be seen by others which are their friends's friends. Confidentiality is another big issue existing among new media. Many hackers might aim at unveiling certain people's privacy online because stealing online information is a much easier way than stealing in person, and the anonymous and fakable natures of new media users. In addition, the virtual online identity could be easily falsified, concealed, or manipulated by just coding algorithm.
Therefore, it's incumbent on both new media and their users to screen the online environment and go online in a civilized manner.
Therefore, it's incumbent on both new media and their users to screen the online environment and go online in a civilized manner.
Advice
As we all know, there are many types of new media, such as websites and blogs, emails, online chat rooms, social media and sharing platforms, mobile applications, and web advertising, etc. When it comes to using new media to improve Baruch College's services for educational purposes, the best novel options could be online sharing platforms and mobile applications.
Why choosing online sharing platforms? Nowadays, it's usual to see that there are no fixed classrooms and classmates when each of us starts a new class in a new semester. Thus, it's less likely for many students to communicate and exchange ideas with each other, and even classmates they become "good friends" during a semester, they will probably have fewer and fewer contacts if they don't register the same class in the future. However, once online sharing platforms created and opened, students in one class can share their feelings and thoughts, which will be seen by the other classmates. Moreover, students themselves can also interact with each other online. For professors, they won't concern about the limited class time to listen to every students' voicings, and they can skim every student's comments or thoughts online and then give them feedback that can last permanently.
Another option is mobile applications. I've noticed that Baruch College had such a message notified application on the mobile device, but it was not perfect. On that app, it showed the availability of the computer lab. However, it disappeared this semester. In my opinion, Baruch can improve that mobile application and release it again. In the improved version, it can contain timely reminders of the availability of computer labs, library study rooms, students' rest seats, and student club activities. What's more, in that mobile application, it can also recommend the number of students on every floor so that students can avoid the crowd and time-wasting in finding somewhere to seat and rest.
Why choosing online sharing platforms? Nowadays, it's usual to see that there are no fixed classrooms and classmates when each of us starts a new class in a new semester. Thus, it's less likely for many students to communicate and exchange ideas with each other, and even classmates they become "good friends" during a semester, they will probably have fewer and fewer contacts if they don't register the same class in the future. However, once online sharing platforms created and opened, students in one class can share their feelings and thoughts, which will be seen by the other classmates. Moreover, students themselves can also interact with each other online. For professors, they won't concern about the limited class time to listen to every students' voicings, and they can skim every student's comments or thoughts online and then give them feedback that can last permanently.
Another option is mobile applications. I've noticed that Baruch College had such a message notified application on the mobile device, but it was not perfect. On that app, it showed the availability of the computer lab. However, it disappeared this semester. In my opinion, Baruch can improve that mobile application and release it again. In the improved version, it can contain timely reminders of the availability of computer labs, library study rooms, students' rest seats, and student club activities. What's more, in that mobile application, it can also recommend the number of students on every floor so that students can avoid the crowd and time-wasting in finding somewhere to seat and rest.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Creativity and New Media
Creativity is characterized by the ability to perceive the world in new ways. Creativity in the Second Life opens a new world for avatars, but at the same time, it also brings the real users a new view toward the world!
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
HW Creativity
For example, according to the article "Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why?", Barnes states that YouTube users post mashup videos that are created by combining the song "Crank That" of Soulja Boy with animated movies, cartoons, or TV shows. Even though the companies whose patents involved are deeply dissatisfied and plan to sue those users, songs like that are extremely popular among people, and "Nickelodeon [claimed] the humorous videos as fair use of its copyrighted content."
From this case, we know that New media like cartoons, movies, TV shows, and the intermediaries (such as YouTube) that spread them provide people an open-source space. Therefore, new mashup videos could emerge and entertain people. Before mashup videos entered people's lives, nobody knew that the video could be in this novel form. Of course, from my personal experience, I have watched some other humorous short mashup videoes that consist of different snippets of different TV series, and all of them edited together in a specific order make sense and funny! Another experience of me could be that in my first English class at Baruch College, my ENG professor let all of us create a selfie video but combining snippets from other people or famous interviews.
Reference:
From this case, we know that New media like cartoons, movies, TV shows, and the intermediaries (such as YouTube) that spread them provide people an open-source space. Therefore, new mashup videos could emerge and entertain people. Before mashup videos entered people's lives, nobody knew that the video could be in this novel form. Of course, from my personal experience, I have watched some other humorous short mashup videoes that consist of different snippets of different TV series, and all of them edited together in a specific order make sense and funny! Another experience of me could be that in my first English class at Baruch College, my ENG professor let all of us create a selfie video but combining snippets from other people or famous interviews.
Reference:
- Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why? The New York Times, September 24, 2007; available at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/media/24crank.html
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds
According to the article "After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get a Reboot?", Mehta interviewed a virtual world designer, Jacki Morie that stated the different ways virtual worlds can offer to people: education, delivery services, telehealthcare, social connectivity, and businesses, etc.
The advantages of these virtual worlds are: it provides disability people with an ideal community where it meets those people's wish of being able to be flexible with their bodies and doing things that they always expect to do, like riding a horse, swimming underneath the sea, dancing with other people, and being one's own boss to take care others. It also improves or cures interpersonal skills for people who have a social anxiety disorder, and after entering the Second Life to build their confidence they become outgoing and will to interact with others in their real lives. Virtual worlds help worldwide e-commerce developing and expanding so that consumers that are in all over the world could experience various foods or services in different countries, etc.
The disadvantages of it are: The usage of VR in education is not mature enough, and many professors who get used to the traditional teaching style have difficulties in adapting it. Earle reveals it in the article "The Virtual World Moves into the Classroom". In this article, despite the cheaper expenses on VR compared with the real field trips expenses, students will lose the opportunities of the real feeling experiences. A behavioral neuroscience professor declares that "students remember what they've encountered in the virtual world... but the whole thing is about applications. It's not about having experiences".
I remember the video "A Second Life on Second Life"'s scenes. In one of them, the narrator stated that the virtual world is literally established from the real needs and wishes of different people. The creative social places and activities in the virtual world are from the real world. Reversely, the virtual world may facilitate those needs and wishes to be realized in the real world. Creativity is about coming up with an idea that has not existed yet but will be realized in the future. For example, currently, the virtual world can only let people visualize those activities on the computer. In the future, I believe it can let people truly experienced through their bodies' feelings.
References:
The advantages of these virtual worlds are: it provides disability people with an ideal community where it meets those people's wish of being able to be flexible with their bodies and doing things that they always expect to do, like riding a horse, swimming underneath the sea, dancing with other people, and being one's own boss to take care others. It also improves or cures interpersonal skills for people who have a social anxiety disorder, and after entering the Second Life to build their confidence they become outgoing and will to interact with others in their real lives. Virtual worlds help worldwide e-commerce developing and expanding so that consumers that are in all over the world could experience various foods or services in different countries, etc.
The disadvantages of it are: The usage of VR in education is not mature enough, and many professors who get used to the traditional teaching style have difficulties in adapting it. Earle reveals it in the article "The Virtual World Moves into the Classroom". In this article, despite the cheaper expenses on VR compared with the real field trips expenses, students will lose the opportunities of the real feeling experiences. A behavioral neuroscience professor declares that "students remember what they've encountered in the virtual world... but the whole thing is about applications. It's not about having experiences".
I remember the video "A Second Life on Second Life"'s scenes. In one of them, the narrator stated that the virtual world is literally established from the real needs and wishes of different people. The creative social places and activities in the virtual world are from the real world. Reversely, the virtual world may facilitate those needs and wishes to be realized in the real world. Creativity is about coming up with an idea that has not existed yet but will be realized in the future. For example, currently, the virtual world can only let people visualize those activities on the computer. In the future, I believe it can let people truly experienced through their bodies' feelings.
References:
- After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get A Reboot. April 30, 2013. http://www.forbes.com/sites/dianemehta/2013/04/30/after-second-life-can-virtual-worlds-get-a-reboot/
The virtual world moves into the classroom Posted by Joe Earle | Sep 14, 2018 https://www.reporternewspapers.net/2018/09/14/the-virtual-world-moves-into-the-classroom/
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Blog about Twitter
In my view, a Twitter discussion is appropriate when we discuss a problem that is not complex because Twitter has 280 characters limitation, which limits explanations behind a problem. Thus, our words have to be concise and precise. However, I believe Twitter is the most efficient tool to address an issue and call on everyone (not limited to our friends) to consider the specific issues, but again due to the word limit, solutions might be superficial and insufficient.
On Blackboard discussion, there is no word limit, and we can explain some topics in detail. What's more, we can go through our classmates' posts and receive (only) our professors' and classmates' comments.
In-class discussion is the most effective way of solving issues because problems can be addressed immediately and be solved in the present. However, due to the time limit, the in-class discussion often cannot be fully conducted and expanded because it really takes time in thinking about it. Thus, that's why professors usually require students to read relative materials and prepare for it. In-class discussion facilitates the real interactions between ourself and our classmates.
On Blackboard discussion, there is no word limit, and we can explain some topics in detail. What's more, we can go through our classmates' posts and receive (only) our professors' and classmates' comments.
In-class discussion is the most effective way of solving issues because problems can be addressed immediately and be solved in the present. However, due to the time limit, the in-class discussion often cannot be fully conducted and expanded because it really takes time in thinking about it. Thus, that's why professors usually require students to read relative materials and prepare for it. In-class discussion facilitates the real interactions between ourself and our classmates.
Social networking sites
In this blog, I'm going to compare 4 social networking sites. They are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WeChat.
On Facebook, firstly it impresses me with its basic information part because it contains the education and work experiences sections, which present Facebook is not only an entertainment platform but also a site where it shows people's real lives. Then it's its friends' recommendation. I feel this setting as a double-edged sword because it can help people expand their social circles, but meanwhile, it might hurt certain people and leak their privacies.
On Twitter, initially, I thought it is only a tool using to post short messages online, but when I deeply browse it, there're photos, videos, and advertisements posts that make Twitter vivid and amazing. On Twitter, people can follow many politicians (like Obama, Trump, etc.), stars (like Rihanna, Ariana, and Taylor, etc.), and companies or organizations (such as "Big Four" and Accenture, or NASA, etc).
On Instagram, I followed some web celebrities who usually post the most amazing photos (beauties, beautiful places, and delicious food), and they lead mainstreams and new trends. More and more users on Instagram are joining to follow them. What impresses me a lot is that such a trend helps me explore some fantastic places or food in NYC. Instagram is really "gucci"!!!
On WeChat, it is the simplest and the most convenient social media because it's designed to let people have efficient communication and posts sharing. The most impressing thing on WeChat is only when your friends are your mutual friends, some of your friends can see the messages or likes of other friends. In addition, WeChat as the basic daily communication application is necessary for Chinese because it is not simply a social media but also a payment tool functioning as your bank card. By scanning your QR code on your WeChat, you can make transactions. WeChat makes cashless society come true.
On Facebook, firstly it impresses me with its basic information part because it contains the education and work experiences sections, which present Facebook is not only an entertainment platform but also a site where it shows people's real lives. Then it's its friends' recommendation. I feel this setting as a double-edged sword because it can help people expand their social circles, but meanwhile, it might hurt certain people and leak their privacies.
On Twitter, initially, I thought it is only a tool using to post short messages online, but when I deeply browse it, there're photos, videos, and advertisements posts that make Twitter vivid and amazing. On Twitter, people can follow many politicians (like Obama, Trump, etc.), stars (like Rihanna, Ariana, and Taylor, etc.), and companies or organizations (such as "Big Four" and Accenture, or NASA, etc).
On Instagram, I followed some web celebrities who usually post the most amazing photos (beauties, beautiful places, and delicious food), and they lead mainstreams and new trends. More and more users on Instagram are joining to follow them. What impresses me a lot is that such a trend helps me explore some fantastic places or food in NYC. Instagram is really "gucci"!!!
On WeChat, it is the simplest and the most convenient social media because it's designed to let people have efficient communication and posts sharing. The most impressing thing on WeChat is only when your friends are your mutual friends, some of your friends can see the messages or likes of other friends. In addition, WeChat as the basic daily communication application is necessary for Chinese because it is not simply a social media but also a payment tool functioning as your bank card. By scanning your QR code on your WeChat, you can make transactions. WeChat makes cashless society come true.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Blog Social networking
Nowadays, social networking has become a necessary part of people's lives. It brings quite abundant benefits to people in various aspects of people's lives. People surfing on social networking can enjoy interactions with others who have the same interests, post their own opinions toward either a funny or significant event, record their daily lives and share them with their friends, and last but not least seek for jobs via the professional career social networking website, such as LinkedIn, etc. Linkedin as an online platform not only dedicates to job seeking and hunting but also creates a community where thousands of companies can post business recruitments and activities, and job seekers can share their achievements. As Langfitt states in the article "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting" that Linkedin is efficient for HRs to explore job seekers' Rolodexes so as to scout job candidates by using just half an hour, and Linkedin is an amazing modern tool to develop a relationship. What's the exciting thing is that by using Linkedin people can set their privacy of choosing either to be open or not be open to the external connections.
There is a "dark side" on social networking when it comes to privacy settings. Even though there are privacy protection claims on almost every social networking technology, there is no absolute guarantee that people's privacy won't be leaked. In the article "Facebook Privacy Is So Confusing Even the Zuckerberg Family Photo Isn't Private" Greenfiled declares that the privacy setting on Facebook is confusing because even if you click on 'share to friends only' for a post, some of the others that you don't know can still see it on their own Facebook. In Randi Zuckerberg's case, people find out that one bug on Facebook is its privacy setting. Since people have their friends but their friends' friends can still be notified by the Facebook system, privacy setting doesn't make privacy private. Social networking's privacy leakage really makes me feel worried about all my owns. Linkedin so far hasn't had such an issue, but what if it will be used as an espionage tool among businesses in the future. Thus, social networking as a huge privacy warehouse, it should take responsibility of protecting everyone's privacy and make this commitment solid.
Facebook Privacy Is So Confusing Even the Zuckerberg Family Photo Isn't Private,” The Atlantic Wire, Greenfield, R. December 26, 2012, http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/12/facebook-privacy-so-confusing-even-zuckerberg-family-photo-isnt-private/60313/
Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting by Frank Langfitt, NPR, March 16, 2008. available from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6522523&sc=emaf
There is a "dark side" on social networking when it comes to privacy settings. Even though there are privacy protection claims on almost every social networking technology, there is no absolute guarantee that people's privacy won't be leaked. In the article "Facebook Privacy Is So Confusing Even the Zuckerberg Family Photo Isn't Private" Greenfiled declares that the privacy setting on Facebook is confusing because even if you click on 'share to friends only' for a post, some of the others that you don't know can still see it on their own Facebook. In Randi Zuckerberg's case, people find out that one bug on Facebook is its privacy setting. Since people have their friends but their friends' friends can still be notified by the Facebook system, privacy setting doesn't make privacy private. Social networking's privacy leakage really makes me feel worried about all my owns. Linkedin so far hasn't had such an issue, but what if it will be used as an espionage tool among businesses in the future. Thus, social networking as a huge privacy warehouse, it should take responsibility of protecting everyone's privacy and make this commitment solid.
Facebook Privacy Is So Confusing Even the Zuckerberg Family Photo Isn't Private,” The Atlantic Wire, Greenfield, R. December 26, 2012, http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/12/facebook-privacy-so-confusing-even-zuckerberg-family-photo-isnt-private/60313/
Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting by Frank Langfitt, NPR, March 16, 2008. available from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6522523&sc=emaf
Monday, September 23, 2019
Blog V.S. Wiki
As two main emerging Internet personal knowledge management workplaces and communities, each of them facilitate the dissemination of knowledge, opinions, and topics. They have similarities in terms of their functions of presenting freedom, equality, and sharing of information. However, Blog and Wiki have its specialties to distinguish itself from another. For Blogs, it embodies personalities and personal knowledge, and it's sharing of personal opinions on a specific topic. The audiences of a Blog can leave comments to participate in it or criticize with their own ideas. Godwin- Jones clarifies in "Blogs and Wikis" that Blogs are easy to be linked or cross-linked in order to create an expansive online opinion community. Jones also claims that there is no need for Wen authoring on Blogs, and students can easily navigate on it. Thus, "[Blogs] offer a great
deal of flexibility and the potential for creativity in the construction of the site..." (Jones 13). For Wikis, it usually has a strict common topic, and all the participants or contributors need to integrate and collaborate with each other. Information provided on Wiki attributes to the group's works because as long as you want to participate in building a Wiki website, you can contribute your part of it.
How can Blogs be used for Collaboration? Here is an example. "Blogs can provide great inspiration and resources for students' writing" (Johnson 176). In Johnson's article "Teaching with authors' blogs", he alleges that during the writing process, authors' ideas and their readers' opinions can interact and against each other to create a collaborative environment for revisions. Thus, blogs offer a double- direction interactive channel. One more Blogs' collaboration is that even though the readers and the author are far from each other, both parties can communicate via blogging in real-time (Johnson 177).
Is there a new use for a Wiki that has not been done? The answer is Yes of course. What I think about the new use for Wiki is its private information storage. No one else knows us better than we do. It can be used for our own growth journal since we touched online Technology in our childhood, and it should contain an option whether we are willing to make it public or not.
(Since Wiki requires the coding knowledge and ability, it's cool for people to learn it.)
References:
Godwin-Jones, Robert. "Blogs and wikis: Environments for online collaboration." Language learning & technology 7.2 (2003): 12-16.
Johnson, Denise. "Teaching with authors' blogs: Connections, collaboration, creativity." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 54.3 (2010): 172-180.
How can Blogs be used for Collaboration? Here is an example. "Blogs can provide great inspiration and resources for students' writing" (Johnson 176). In Johnson's article "Teaching with authors' blogs", he alleges that during the writing process, authors' ideas and their readers' opinions can interact and against each other to create a collaborative environment for revisions. Thus, blogs offer a double- direction interactive channel. One more Blogs' collaboration is that even though the readers and the author are far from each other, both parties can communicate via blogging in real-time (Johnson 177).
Is there a new use for a Wiki that has not been done? The answer is Yes of course. What I think about the new use for Wiki is its private information storage. No one else knows us better than we do. It can be used for our own growth journal since we touched online Technology in our childhood, and it should contain an option whether we are willing to make it public or not.
(Since Wiki requires the coding knowledge and ability, it's cool for people to learn it.)
References:
Godwin-Jones, Robert. "Blogs and wikis: Environments for online collaboration." Language learning & technology 7.2 (2003): 12-16.
Johnson, Denise. "Teaching with authors' blogs: Connections, collaboration, creativity." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 54.3 (2010): 172-180.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Analysis of Whether Social Networking is Better or Worse than the Real Thing
I choose to do my project on the Analysis of Whether Social Networking is Better or Worse than the Real Thing. I want to analyze both respects of social networking in order to give myself and my audiences an objective view of it. Nowadays, social networking has become a necessary and essential part of most people's lives. Social networking sustains relationship bonds with family and friends; it also helps develop relationships with people that have the same interests as us; it expands our social circles, meanwhile, it shortens the distance between the world and us. However, as more and more people get used to social networking's convenience and efficiency, more and more problems will appear. For instance, more and more people are muddled by fake news; more and more rumors are disseminated because of lack of inspection; fewer and fewer people like to interact with others in their real lives, etc. Frankly speaking, we cannot deny what and how social networking brings us a wonderful and easy life, neither can we ignore its negative influences on people. I would like to make comparisons between social networking's positive and negative sides on people's lifestyles, personalities, and potential consequences to others while they are enjoying social networking. This is a brief summary of my project's general content. I'll explain further about each subtopic related to this analysis.
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