Baruch New Media - Our Class Wiki - So Far

My progress on our class wiki has not only gone very well but it has also been very interesting. I have been able to find a lot of information about the new media in regards to the sports industry. One of the more interesting things that I have found was technology in sports in regards to being able to find out all possible information through unconventional methods such as cellular phones and PDAs. I have not entered anything into the actual wiki because I find different information from different sources but I will definitely add my preliminary research very soon. I have also been interested in the new media in regards to sport video games. Due to the ability of new game consoles to be able to connect to the internet, new games can actually update all sports teams in which there is a roster change and has even reached the point where through the internet it can check what players are having “hot streaks” and that coincides with that players ability to perform in the video game. New Media has the potential to grow immensely in the professional sports industry and it will continue to grow.

Blogs vs. Wikis

There are many differences between a blog and a wiki. A blog is used for people to express themselves as well as voice their opinions about issues that they consider to be important. There could be blogs that go on between two people and there could also be blogs that concern many people all over the world. Even celebrities have began to start putting out blogs about their lives, describing what they are doing and giving their fans an idea of their everyday lives. Blogs are good for people that are not comfortable being around a big group of people and voicing their opinions. With blogs they are by themselves so even though their blogs could be read by millions of people, the blogs were made in the privacy of the authors own homes. Blogs are also helpful in regards to collaboration because people can work with others and become a solidified unit that shares the same ideas by use of the blogs. People with the same beliefs can work together to achieve a common goal and the blogs can help them interact and learn from one another. Wiki’s, on the other hand, are more on the factual side of things. When people think of Wikipedia they think of an encyclopedia. Even though anyone can go on Wikipedia and edit information as well as add biases that they may have, Wikipedia is, nevertheless, mainly where people go to in order to look something up or to learn more about a certain person, place, etc. A wiki allows them to not only find out information but add on information that they are aware of making the possibilities endless on how many facts can be discovered. As it states in the Wikipedia definition of a wiki, wiki can be expanded into the phrase “what I know is”. Basically this means that if anyone who reads the article has anything to add to it, by the use of wiki websites, they now have the ability to in the comfort of their own homes. One thing that wikis should have is an opinions area for every topic. That way people will just place facts into the wikis and any bias’s they may have will be added in the proper section for the people that want to read that.

My New Media Class - So Far

There is no denying that the wave of New Media has come and that many people all over the world have accepted this wave into their everyday lives. New Media has introduced many new technologies for the modern day consumer and enhanced some modern technologies to increase the amount of convenience it allows the consumer to have. The main new technology that was introduced is the internet. The internet gives way to a whole new world of possibilities for both consumers and producers. It is the essential aspect to the wave of new media throughout the world. The internet allows people from all over the world to interact with one another and share common ideas. In a way it brings people closer together because, with sites like Facebook and blogger, people can voice their opinions as well as comment on other peoples opinions. For example, every day there are more and more people that release blogs about their political opinions, this being an election year. All of the people have different views on the two candidates that are running for office and with these blogger sites they can express themselves in a way that other people will be able to see. The internet is also beneficial on a consumer level. Online shopping has become a huge market recently and it rises every year. Especially during the end of the year where the majority of shopping is done in due to the holidays, online shopping allows consumers to find everything they are looking for at the push of a button without having to leave their homes. For the companies that are selling goods, the internet allows people from all over the world view their product and therefore they would be able to network their product to a much broader audience. New Media is enhancing old media in many different ways. With sites like youtube, ohmynews, and ovguide, people are able to watch movies, read the news and also stream videos a lot faster and for free on their computer. In addition, now that most cellular phones are able to connect to the internet, people can fulfill many aspects on the go and don’t have to depend on a newspaper or television as the only sources for media. In Robert Coovers New York Times article entitled “The End of Books”, he speaks about another aspect of new media that has taken over the old media. With programs and websites that allow people to read entire books on the web, books become to seem useless. For example itunes which is a program created by the apple corporation allows people to upload books directly to their ipods and read them off of the ipod. The convenience factor in doing so is what has made many people accept this and many other new media contents into their lives and, by doing so, forget the ways of old media.Though a lot has changed, for the better, in peoples lives due to this wave of new media it is my opinion that old media will never die out no matter how big the internet or an other new media technology gets.