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Blog: Next New

As I was watching the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies over the past years, there was one character who really stood out in terms of having the latest and greatest technology: Mr. Tony Stark (also known as, Iron Man). There was one technology he had which gave me an inspiration for the next type of “new” media, hologram communication. I could be wrong, but this technology only exists in movies and very limited functionality in the real world. Hologram communicating would allow end users to see the exact replica of a person in real-time who is moving, speaking, and even bringing up objects or files to display to others. This takes the current video conferencing to an entirely new level. Not only would users be able to see and hear what each person is doing, but they can also physically interact with the interface. For example, a person can touch the other person’s holographic display on the shoulder and the person on the other end can sense it. They can also display files, objects, etc
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Blog: Wiki So Far

On January 24th, I signed up for an HBO NOW free trial to watch what I now consider one of the greatest television series of all time. If you guessed Game of Thrones (GoT) by the time you finished reading that first sentence, you guessed right! Throughout each episode, I had to visit the Game of Thrones wiki page (you can find it at https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_Wiki) a few times to decrypt confusing plot details.  I was excited to find a Game of Thrones section in the TV shows section of the wiki (although I believe that the series should have its own page). There was no link on the main page which redirects to the TV Shows page so I decided to add a TV Shows hyperlink to the categories box. I have not made any major edits to the section yet but just glancing over it, I see that the content is outdated. Game of Thrones is currently airing its eighth season but the wiki is displaying content from 2016. Additionally, the character list needs to be updated with
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Blog: P2P

The textbook definition of file sharing is, “The practice of sharing or offering access to digital information or resources, including documents, multimedia (audio/video), graphics, computer programs, images and electronic books.” P2P File Sharing or Peer-to-Peer File Sharing is the distribution or sharing of digital media through a P2P software program which allows users to access the media files by searching for other connected computers on the P2P network that offers the desired content. (Wikipedia)     Peer-to-Peer File Sharing has made it a nightmare for media companies to combat illegal piracy. By end of the year when “The Dark Knight” was released, illegal copies of the movie have been downloaded more than seven million times around the world. (Selter) Anonymous pirates have put the film online and enabled millions of users to view and download it.     One of the most common ways to download digital content is through torrenting. Torrenting is a key you need to download in
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Blog: Advice

New Media can improve many aspects of the college. Let us start with social media accounts. Baruch College is on most, if not on all of the social networking services. In order for social media to be effective in improving Baruch College, it must have a large audience to display it to. The Baruch College Facebook page has roughly 25,000 followers which is a healthy number. However, Baruch College’s Instagram page could do better as it has just under 6,000 followers. In order to increase to gain more social media attention, Baruch College must post content that entices viewers to view the page. Social media is one of the most used communication tools between organizations and people. The college should update its Facebook and Instagram page with more content that connects with students. For example, the college can post about future projects on campus. The college could have posted updates on Facebook and Instagram informing students about the drastic appearance changes they would be
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Blog: Privacy

New Media can improve many aspects of the college. Let us start with social media accounts. Baruch College is on most, if not on all of the social networking services. In order for social media to be effective in improving Baruch College, it must have a large audience to display it to. The Baruch College Facebook page has roughly 25,000 followers which is a healthy number. However, Baruch College’s Instagram page could do better as it has just under 6,000 followers. In order to increase to gain more social media attention, Baruch College must post content that entices viewers to view the page. Social media is one of the most used communication tools between organizations and people. The college should update its Facebook and Instagram page with more content that connects with students. For example, the college can post about future projects on campus. The college could have posted updates on Facebook and Instagram informing students about the drastic appearance changes they would be
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Creativity and New Media

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When I previously served as the Membership Director for the Association of Latino Professionals For America, I designed and created a sign-in platform using the survey software Qualtrics to track the students who would attend our events. Additionally, I would also use Qualtrics to create surveys to send out to the attendees as a way to review the event. We would use the reviews as a means to improve our future events and what we can offer students. I attached screenshots below on what our sign-in log looks like: This is the back-end of the survey where the design of the survey is created as well as where the data is analyzed and extracted: And here is the front-end where users are able to see the finished product and also the place where students sign in at the beginning of every event:
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HW Creativity

New Media fosters creativity from both the producer-end and the user-end. For example, Twitter monitors its own users to see what features they like and what they want to be changed or added. Then the company’s engineers turn the ideas into new features. In a 2009 New York Times Article, when Twitter was still in its early years, Twitter only offered a 140 character post. However, the company decided to outsource some of its idea generations to its users and the list and retweet features were born.      Technology companies now offer beta testing for its employees and its users. It could be a special developer program within the app where a user who is savvy in software engineering and/or design can create and test new features for an app with other developers. The company can release some of these features to a test market of a limited number of participants to see how well it performs. If it performs well, the developers can be rewarded handsomely. This establishes a platform for o
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