New Media Blog: Eric Jiang

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 I have not made any major edits to the section yet but just glancing over it, I see that the content is outdated.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 w...

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...

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 ...

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 ...