Our class wiki - so far

At this current time, I have yet to contribute to our Class’s wiki page. I will most likely provide content to the pages that involve films, sports, food, and video games. Given the fact, that these are topics I am very spirited about and in themselves, often lead to some of the most heated discussions amongst users on the internet. I would like to address how often some of the aforementioned topics, because of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Etc. have amplified a person’s ability to emphasize their own opinions and in turn have made an impact on how some have used this to create online personas, in hopes of expanding their notability.

P2P File Sharing

File sharing is the act of sharing information/data among people, companies, and essentially one computer to another. Think of how music, documents, videos, images, spreadsheets, among others are being dispatched others. Email and Texting are examples of file sharing, in addition Dropbox users upload files for others to download. In the article, “Content Producers Should Take Advantage of P2P, Not Fear It" written by NMA staff, details how music, films, books etc., can only be uploaded, downloaded, and shared by those who have the software, this is known as  P2P File sharing (peer to peer). Often the case with P2P file sharing, besides being easy to acquire is the fact that majority of the files are being illegally shared.

Privacy and Confidentiality

Privacy on the Internet doesn't really exist, even if you delete something there will still be way to locate the data. With the surge of New media,  people's credit card, social security and other personal information, have become there for the taking if an individual doesn't have the proper protection (sometimes even if they do). Sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. where people are consistently updating others on their whereabouts and current daily activities, is kinda like a figurative voyeurism experience. This in itself isn't a terrible thing, but it unintentionally invites the possibility of a "so-called" chance meeting with someone, that you may not have wanted to see, by allowing them to know what you're doing.

Advice to Baruch

If I was hired to be in-charge of improving Baruch new media services, one of the first things I would address is utilizing Facebook to create a page dedicated on improving,  & helping students get acclimated to the school. Whether it be information regarding classes, careers, professors, function taking place in school and or any other dilemmas they may be facing. Another way to lessen the load of a student's life is too utilize open source textbooks(Andrea Agardy), which would significantly improve the current way things are done, in which older versions of textbooks are still expensive/outdated, open source books will be updated, minimizing the price spent on future textbooks.