Blogs for New Media

So far I have contributed to the League of Legends wiki. I edited portions of the wiki where the information was outdated. Specifically, there were a couple of game modes that were retired by Riot games since player counts were not as high as other game modes. I contributed to the wiki by talking about season 10 changes that will drastically change the game play for players in Summoner's Rift. Specifically, the elemental drakes in the game will now have more passive and active impact on the map and on bonuses for players. There are also physical map changes in the game that will promote more dueling between players. I have also edited the layout a bit by adding in lines to clearly separate different topics from each other. I also included an image to help illustrate what changes are coming to League of Legends.

File sharing is the process of distributing multiple programs or documents across a number of platforms. You can file share through portable storage like USBs or you can share online through platforms like DropBox. P2P File sharing is a type of file sharing where two peers directly share files with each other. One way you can use P2P file sharing is by sending each other different types of media like music and movies. A more useful P2P file sharing example is lending each other money online. A company known as Lending Club allows people to invest and put in money that other people can loan out (Kaufman). The investors make a sizable return on their investments and the borrowers have lower interest rates to pay off. Overall the system of loaning out to each other outside of banks can be useful especially for those that do not have the time or luxury to build their credit score. The only concern that comes from this P2P file sharing of money is the insurance of payment. What would happen...

There any many ways that Baruch could used new media to improve the college. Having multiple social platforms representing the school, you can quickly update students on any announcements like school being closed due to extraneous weather conditions. Sometimes e-mails may not be the fastest platform to reach students since students use social media more often. Twitter would be a great platform to give students quick announcement updates. Baruch could also use social platforms for students to ask any questions. Each department could have their own social media account as another means to provide assistance to students with inquiries. Students could also view any clubs sponsored by Baruch on these social media platforms and get a taste of what they want to join. Instead of just one day used to show off clubs, new media can be used 24/7 to showcase each clubs' interests and goals.

New media is used and maintained on online platforms that contain various pieces of information about the user. Due to this sensitive information being online, privacy and confidentiality are major points to continually be addressed with new media. Having weak securities in place for the users can result in them being exposed to the entire internet and can bring many damages upon the user. There needs to be a strong system in place to prevent hackers or other individuals from infiltrating into people's accounts. Perhaps, there is a whistleblower that wants to protect their identity from whatever organization they exposed. If their identity was exposed, then the whistleblower would have potentially faced repercussions from that organization. Another example could be you posting statuses, but having it set to be viewed by friends only. If privacy was not enforced, any stranger could pry into your life by looking at your statuses that were meant for your friends.

Creativity comes in many different shapes and sizes. New media can be a positive outlet for nurturing creativity due to the mass amounts of people that can contribute and be inspired by different ideas. One example of this are video mashups. Mashups are when you edit different clips from cartoon or movies and have a different audio playing in the background. The reason behind is to take well known scenes and create creative and comedic value out of it. Even Nickelodeon sees the comedic value and sees mashups as a fair use of its copy righted content (Barnes, 2007). One of the best examples of new media fostering creativity is the use of online games. Specifically, Minecraft is an online who's sole purpose is to be an outlet for creativity. Multiple people can come together and build projects or explore the vast world together. New Media to creativity is like an enzyme, it speeds up the process of the reaction. The reaction being a burst of creativity.

Initially when I think about creativity and new media, I think of Minecraft. Minecraft is an online game where you can build many different things using the large types of blocks available to you. However, I decided to check out Second Life. Second life is a virtual game where you can interact with others and you can pretty much do anything. If you wanna play games and be an adventurer, you can travel to an area where those relevant to that topic exist. When I loaded into the game, I had the option to pick and choose a character from a long list of options. There is the possibility of also customizing your avatar to whatever you wish to change it to. I visited different areas, but I stuck around the music arena the longest. In this world, you can even play music as the DJ and have an audience of people. Included below is a snapshot of my avatar playing music on a stage while strobe lights are flashing everywhere. This virtual world has many creative opportunities where curious people c...