Old v. New

We distinguish old media from new media by how easily the information can be processed, change and interpret that information. Myspace, Facebook and even Wiki are some examples of new media and how easily information could be changed and shared with many people at the same time. Old media is information that can be shared with everyone but is much harder to change. Books are one example of old media that used to be new media. That information is harder to change when there is a mistake present.

Advice to Baruch College

Using new media within Baruch woul be beneficial to both the students and the faculty. More programs like Facebook could help keep professors and students in contact with each other and share notes and discuss course material.

What have been some of the effects of the new media on society?

Some of the effects of the new media on society have been big ones. Today's society pretty much relies on the new media to gather together information quickly and are able to access it when ever they want to. You can find news online anytime you want and you really don't have to wait too long to get that information. Even the big News companies such as the New York Times is using new media to get their information out there faster. They are trying to to be left behind or shown up by other people who are using new media.

Checking Out Some Social Networking Sites.

Some social networking sites that i have visited were Myspace, Facebook, Friendster, and Migente. These are all pretty popular social networking sites that have pretty much the same goal which is make friends online, contruct their own profile any way they want, and keep in touch with all of your friends. Each one of these have some type of advertisements and games that people invite their friends to play online.

Baruch New Media - Our Class Wiki - So Far

For my Wiki page I have been researching the uses of Virtual Worlds. So far i have been looking for anything that has to do with some type of virtual avatar that is supposed to represent the one using that virtual world like in video games, therapy, and how some businesses are planning how to advertise new things.

Social Networking and Virtual Worlds

The idea of living in a "Virtual World" has been a big thing to me. I always wanted to try and make an image of myself within a virtual world since I was about 10 years old and now there are many Virtual Worlds out there. Worlds of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI, Second Life and Virtual Lower East Side are just some examples of Virtual worlds that are out there that are being used for gaming and entertainment. Businesses also use some of these Virtual Worlds. Some people make a few buck from selling the Virtual World currency from video games to those who don't have enough time to play to make up the online money they need for certain things. Even IBM is trying to create their own Virtual world for training using the same concept that video games use according to "IBM Learning Programs get a 'Second Life'". There is a Dark side to these Virtual Worlds because since a lot of people know that they can basically stay anonymous or that they may never see that person they can blur out secrets or just make others uncomfortable by saying hurtful things just to start fights. I really don't know how much these virtual worlds will change but my idea is that most things will evolve to the way the Nintendo Wii is. That in the virtual world there would need to be more body movement with some kind of device. If not then it could just be powered by our imagination, meaning whatever we think of would be projected on our screens with some type of limits of course.

Blogs vs. Wikis

Blogs vs. Wikis............. well there is clearly a difference between the two. Blogs cannot be changed by viewers or other people besides the person that posted the blog and on a wiki it is possible for other people to change information or add on towards that post. In the reading "An internal Wiki that's not Classified" it does mention that wiki is susceptible to wrong information but yet since it is also easily changed anyone who knows it is wrong can change it. Blogs can be used for collaboration to figure out problems with technology recently purchased or even give information or comment about a company's customer service providers. Wikis can be used for anything so I guess there are all kinds of wikis out there from this course's class wiki to video game wikis and so on.

My New Media Class – So Far

What kinds of technologies are part of the new media?

How important is the Internet to the new media?

Why and how are the new media replacing / enhancing the old media?

Well there are many technologies that are part of New Media such as Desk Top Computers, mobile phones, gaming systems, Laptops and even televisions are part of this. The internet is what really connects all of these things together though. The Internet is very important to new media. It allows easy access to all kinds of information and information can be easily changed or added. Like in the reading "IBM Learning Programs Get a 'SecondLife'" it talks about how people who are employed can change information about themselves and even their avatars. Their avatars can have anything they want but when it comes to some kind of serious meeting with the online avatars you can easily change their clothing and other things to make them less distracting to other people. New media is not really replacing all of old media but it is allowing old media to evolve and use new media. Books are one example of old media that is using the New media to sell and become read. You can get online books and get connected with everyone else who has that online book.

What is new media?

New media is everything that makes information easily accessible. Some examples of new media are blogs, myspace, even online shopping. With all of these things people can get information about almost anything quickly and easily. For example, if you are looking to fix any problems taht have to do with a computer or a video game console, you can google the problem up and most of the time you will get a link to blogs with ways to repair that problem of people who have had that similar problem.

Is online shopping new media?

I will research different online shopping sites, such as e-bay and amazon, and analyze their characteristics. I will look at how people shop,rate, and discuss the quality of online shopping and the products they are purchasing. Is there a connection between online shopping and everything else that makes up new media? This is the main question I am trying to answer.

New Media

New Media is everywhere and everyone is using it. People love it because its so easy to access, has so much information. Old media is trying to evolve by using New media to keep up with the Internet and blogs. There is so much competition for Old media that if it does not try and use new media to evolve then old media will become extinct and the only place you will see remnants of the old media would be in Museums.