P2P File Sharing

File sharing is an exchange of software between peers. This means they can share any files they want with anyone they want.  P2P file sharing, short for Peer to Peer, gives people the chance to download files, and share them with others. Napster is a very famous form of P2P file sharing. This site allow people to upload and download free music. This was the beginning of a big loss in revenue for the music industry. BigTorent is another version of P2P file sharing that makes it easier for people to distribute software and media without being charge tons of money. Limewire is another P2P file sharing website that used to be used to illegally download music and videos. Skype is a form of P2P because people are communicating with others over the computer. P2P can be a big issue because people are illegally steeling others information,files, music etc. I see why P2P sharing is helpful, but I also see how it ruined the music industry in many ways. P2P has its negatives and positives but what new media technology doesn't? 

The Next New Thing

I predict the next new media will have something to do with Smell-o-vision. People will be able to smell the scents of different pictures that their fellow friends post. This would be very helpful for all the food pictures posted on Instagram. Smell-o-vision will open up the world to a new stage of technology where people can share the scents of every step they take whether it is in their own country or on vacation in another. If this were to happen, I'd tag the smell of my favorite Israeli bakery, Marzipan! I would be able to share with my friends, the most amazing aromas of this delicious and savory bakery. Smell-o-vision would be really helpful for perfume advertisements, allowing people to smell the many different scents of perfumes. Smell-o-vision would be a really cool new media technology and I hope it will one day become reality!

Privacy and Confidentiality

I believe the terms privacy and confidentiality have erased from our dictionaries nowadays. For one thing, things used to be much more private. But now that new media is getting more and more advanced, people are opening up to the new media community in many ways. For example, people constantly post statuses and pictures of every detail in their lives, living nothing mysterious or unknown. People even geo - tag their locations, telling everyone exactly where they are at every step they take. I definitely believe this is an issue, but I admit I take part in a lot of new media therefore I would be a hypocrite to say sharing is an issue. But I do believe there is a limit to what we share! Some things are private and do not need to be shared. Thankfully, so far I haven't heard many negative effects on privacy and confidentiality but I think that everyone should think twice before posting pictures or statuses.

Creativity and New Media

The new media I decided to use was Youtube.com. I learned how to upload a video and surprisingly, I found it very easy to do! I gave a demonstration on how to make a fishbone braid. I used my neighbor as a hair model and I gave a step by step tutorial on her hair. It was really fun and a new project for me. It was my first time uploading a video to youtube. I kept my page private, because I am not ready to share it with the media community. I therefore get to chose who sees my youtube video and who cannot. 

Here's a link to my video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8DiYuPnVsQ&feature=youtu.be

Creativity

New media fosters creativity in several ways. In the article, Mash ups are a mix of different movies, and videos combined and edited and combined to make up an entertaining and original new video. I find this to be very creative and interesting. Different cartoon characters are used to entertain viewers. Although, I understand why companies like Disney would be upset when their characters are being used without proper permission. That indeed is considered steeling. But in general new media definitely gives people the ability to create their own fun, entertaining, and original media to broadcast and share with the rest of the media world.

Virtual Worlds

There are many ways virtual worlds can be used. One specific virtual world I read about is called Second Life. In the article, In Room 100, It's Sid and Nancy All Over Again, it discusses a Hotel thats prices rose, causing artists to leave the Hotel. Second Life, the virtual world gave these artists a replica of this Chelsea Hotel, giving them the ability to relieve the life they lived in the Hotel. I can see why it is a pro to have Second Life because not everyone has the privilege to live the life they aspire to. But the con of this is that it isn't reality and people are in a bubble living a life through a computer, which to me is pathetic! It is creative indeed, but I feel this is for children and not adults. The future of this virtual world will lead to people cooped up in their homes living solely on Second Life and forgetting about their physical lives. But in another article called, Going to the Virtual Office in Second life, I see a very beneficial side of virtual worlds. Being that businesses need to plan meetings and people are not always available at the same time, having virtual meetings through the internet is a big pro towards enhancing businesses. This is great for the future and will help give people an easier and more flexible schedule in their lives.

Social Networking Sites

Facebook, twitter, and Instagram are the main 3 social networking sites that I go on, on a daily basis. I never used Myspace, being that I was young when it first came out. Facebook definitely used to be my top site to go to for the past 5 years. I loved posting statues, pictures, and comments on people's walls. When twitter came out though, I migrated there for the reason that I liked posting statuses. It's fun to express what you feel, and what you are doing at any particular moment. Facebook friends became less interested in reading status posts, aside from those who joined twitter as well. I fell out of twitter when Instagram arrived. Instagram is my go to site more then any other social networking site. I love posting pictures that interest me or pictures of me and my friends having a good time. I also love the fact that Instagram not only associates you with your followers, but it also branches out to people around the world that share your common interests. I totally fell out of Facebook and feel that many others did too. But being that it was my first social networking site, I will always go back to it, looking at updates, and posting things that interest me.