Take on New Media by Prasiddha Shah

 Blog: Wiki So Far     Creating blog posts has been a good experience for me. I have so far created 11 blog posts and I love the process of researching and publishing my thoughts. I have given feedback to many classmates on their blog post through comments and I find it the best way to go about changing or editing wiki contents as it is a respectable approach in my opinion.      I have created numerous blog post that focus on new media and the best one I think was "Creativity and New Media". I had the freedom to create instagram story that focus on an interactive prompt where followers could respond back to me and multiple additional features that would enable me to promote products for commission. 

 Blog: P2P     File sharing is distributing or providing access to digital media like computer programs, multimedia, documents or anything that is in digital format.      Peep-to-peer file sharing is when people utilize peer-to-peer networking technology to share and distribute digital media.  It allows users to access media files like books, music, movies and even video games using P2P software program.    One of the most prominent P2P software program is BitTorrent. The fact that its application enables faster download, more than 20 million people had already downloaded it back in 2005 according to Wired article. It was surprising to know that people were making a living off of patrons donation who use BitTorrent.     Another example of P2P application was Napster. It was a popular application back in 2000s where people could share files but what separated them from others was their focus on enabling users to share and listen...

 Blog: Privacy     One of the main issue that has been created by the digital age has been about privacy and confidentiality. Before, there were only physical copies of anything and everything that could be recorded and it took a lot of effort and time to share or spread information that were in such state. But since, the dawn of the digital age we have started storing and sharing our information through digital medium for better efficiency and effectiveness. However, this has exposed us to the risk of our information being misused, mishandled or even hacked. I agree that physical copies could be misused, mishandled and stolen but it cannot be done remotely and perpetrator/thief can be identified (no confidentiality). A good example could be of New York Times not releasing the full tax return of Donald Trump while hacker group Anonymous releases thousand of Pentagon top secret documents behind the confidentiality provided by the internet. So new media is really scary plac...

 Blog: Advice     I think Baruch College hasn't fully utilized the digital platforms. It's website is not up to par with many other interactive and interesting websites that users have become accustomed to. I would say developing a smartphone app would be the second step after the website development as almost all students use smartphone. The app could provide a single stop shop for all the information or actions that a student might want to access to. Information about the events and courses assignments on the app would reduce students time spent considerably. Also enabling students to setup appointments with advisors and financial aid office staff through the app would reduce the lines at the offices and make life easier for everyone.     I would also encourage Baruch College to utilize social media platform by creating accounts and groups. I don't see Baruch College posting content regularly and posting valuable content makes all the difference so, I would en...