Jatinder's New Media Blog

 I have thoroughly enjoyed working through the New Media Wiki so far. I have focused my efforts on the Real Estate topic and have added five paragraphs in regards to how an agent should help a buyer in the process of purchasing a home. I have added multiple links and photos within each section. Furthermore, I look to focus now on editing content of my peers and seeing how I can ensure their hyperlinks, photos, and other links function correctly. Along with that, I may look to add more detail into the real estate section in regards to what a seller may expect from an agent and the entire process. All in all, my wiki experience has been positive and I have learned a lot about how to apply new media concepts to daily topics in life. 

 P2P stands for "peer to peer" file sharing. This concept often exists at many large organizations and businesses and allows groups to share information, data, and files among their coworkers easily and have data be readily accessible. File sharing in general is putting one's files and data in a location where it may be accessed or even edited by others. Peer to peer focuses on limiting that group to direct coworkers or a set number of individuals. Some of examples of P2P file sharing are organizations utilizing software such as OneDrive. This platform allows users to save all of their data and access it on any device in which they can log into their Microsoft Account. A user may create folders within OneDrive that are shared with other users and apply user roles based on access levels. Another popular tool created by Microsoft is Teams. Teams is organizational tool which is based off the concept of sharing files, managing tasks, and coordinating meetings with other group...

 Privacy and confidentiality are concepts which are day by day becoming more and more important to creators and consumers of new media. Applications such as Tik Tok have become such influential companies in their simplistic app which has gained so much popularity they have simultaneously become infamous for their security and data privacy concerns. Keeping user data safe is an essential and given responsibility of any new media company. Furthermore, cyber security in general as an industry is rapidly growing. More and more hackathons or popping up across high school and university campuses, new and improved programs in cyber security are being developed each year, and organizations throughout the globe are bulking up their security training and strategies. Privacy is a growing concerns regardless if it a user's data on Facebook or the ability to hack into a local business's website and access data from there. 

 If I was appointed by Baruch College to advise on how to better implement New Media to improve the school I would have a couple areas of focus. The first one being in utilizing social media such as Instagram and Twitter to keep students posted on deadlines, news, and other important information. For example, many students are cumbersomely opening up the Baruch Academic Calendar on their phone to see the last day to drop a course, when we have holidays, or when final exams may begin. I believe providing posts on social media on these upcoming days would benefit many students. Another area in which New Media can be implemented is the creation of a website or forum within Baruch which allows students to give feedback to Baruch on how their class or professor is doing. Currently we have a survey for each class at the end of the semester, however I feel that student's concerns are often not addressed and professor's attitudes, style of teaching, or even employment remains unchanged...

 In this post you will find my personalized Bitmoji! This software allows me to create my own personal avatar that I can use on Snapchat, iMessage, and other platforms. It has been fully customized from all the features of my face and body to the clothes I wear. Certain software also allows users to create unique stickers such as the Halloween themed one in this post. I would highly recommend all individuals to create a Bitmoji and express themselves in their own unique ways! 

 I believe that New Media fosters creativity in a multitude of ways. One platform at the forefront of this is Snapchat. Snapchat and it's ability to create quick, customized, and connected conversations is very powerful. The concept of sending a snapchat is taking a photo of yourself, a blank screen, or something else and sending that photo to one of your friends. However, an individuals has the ability to customize their photo in many ways. For example, they may add text on top of the photo to place a caption. They also have the ability to apply filters which change the coloration of the photo or add time stamps and weather. Users can also add a plethora of stickers, locations, and speech tools if they're making a video. However, the simplest tool which made Snapchat the holy grail of creativity was the pen. The pen was defaulted to a bright red which many millennials grew up using to draw, mark out, and caption their photos. Snapchat also connects to software like Bitmoji whi...