Wiki So Far

During the last few weeks I haven't contributed to the wiki yet but I have been researching Youtube Red which is this new form of viewing videos on YouTube. Along with some added bonuses such as ad-free videos and YouTube red exclusives there is a lot of talk about it and I think it would be really interesting to investigate further. There are also a few things that could be changed on youtube that many youtubers themselves have talked about such as their copyright system. They complain that the system is broken and that anyone can abuse the system easily which makes it harder for content creators to make a profit on youtube. Both topics are important because a lot of people use youtube to search up music and other things from content creators so it would be beneficial to look more into both the copyright system and the new YouTube Red and why should people pay to use it.

P2P

File sharing is when you distribute or share content over the internet.  P2P file sharing is similar where  a person shares their files over the internet and others can view and download the file. P2P sharing is like downloading a torrent from one of the torrenting sites. You visit the site and pick out what you want to download and when you click the link it connects you with someone already sharing the file. When both of you are connect it starts transferring the file and when its done it'll start the process of allowing your computer to share that file with other people who are also downloading that file. The more that people share the faster the download is and the more people who get to view it.

There are legal issues with this because media producers such as television and record companies view this as stealing their content. They want new people to buy their product because it makes them more money and they believe that other people are making money off their product. However in truth the act of sharing brings more attention to the content. In one case there was a musician who released an album for free for everyone to download and only asked people for donations if they wanted to. After some time the amount of money that was received was greater than the money they had made on their last album.

Another example would be with the film "Steal this film" which was made to be purposely distributed on P2P sites as an experiment to see whether or not using P2P sites would gain the film more attention. The film itself was downloaded two million times in eighteen months and more than three million viewers. The film received more exposure than it would have ever got and since it is still around people are still downloading and donating money because they enjoyed it. It is still illegal to use P2P sites to download media but in my opinion if they would use the sites to their advantage they have the potential to make more money than they would have.




Sources:

https://econsultancy.com/nma-archive/56421-content-producers-should-take-advantage-of-p2p-not-fear-it

Privacy & Confidentiality

Privacy has always been an issue for everyone since we don't want to air our dirty laundry in front of strangers. New media has given us an outlet to post things that have happened in our lives and share it with the people we know. Before social media we would hear about other people's lives by meeting with them and talking or through other people. Now we we hear about their lives on social media nearly instantly. Since social media as blown up we tend to overshare some details of our lives and it makes you wonder whether we have any privacy at all.

With better technology comes better security but in some cases people don't bother using these security measures. Everyone changes their passwords in order to stay secure however, how frequently do we change our passwords? A survey reveals that more than 40 percent of gen-X and millenials never change their password or change it when they are forced to. Which is a huge security problem when it comes to keeping your information safe. Things like bank statements and credit purchases are linked to your e-mail and if someone were to break into your email they could get away with your information very quickly.

We have to be careful with what we share online because most of the time the things we end up sharing online could come back to bite us. Anything from posting a pet name to your mother's name can affect how secure your accounts are. By posting more personal information that gives other people possible information they can use to break into your accounts and steal sensitive information that could really be used to hurt you.



Sources:

http://www.javaworld.com/article/2101287/java-security/survey-reveals-generation-gap-in-attitudes-about-security-and-privacy.html

Advice for Baruch

Using new media for Baruch offers many opportunities for the students and professors to brainstorm ideas on how to make the campus a better place. In the past the college expanded the campus by getting the plaza outside 25th street and it was something beneficial for all. Now there's a place to eat and hang out with friends outside of class that wasn't far from the college.

Using new media we can get opinions from students on what they would like to see changed and what they enjoy about their campus. Professors could also input ideas on how to run their classes smoother and things like that. Using new media is a very fast way to collect information and use that information to improve things in and around the college. After all the ones paying for the college should have a say in what changes should be going on.