14. The Next New Thing

The next new thing would have to be portable cable. There are websites that are dedicated in providing shows such as Netflix but this would allow people to watch programs on a non-television device as they are happening on television.

13. Our Class Wiki - So Far

I have been editing the music and MMORPG pages for the wiki page. I have been trying to make the pages seem like actual wikipedia entries. I have added content on what one can do when creating music and how music is listened to now. I am also currently researching for the MMORPG page on the social factors that they have.

12. P2P File Sharing

File sharing is the distribution of electronic data. P2P file sharing is the distribution of electronic data through a network.
One way that people do P2P file sharing is through the use of torrents. In the article "Content Producers Should Take Advantage of P2P, Not Fear It," Jamie King writes that he had intentionally used torrents to help distribute his film Steal This Film. The film is a documentary about file sharing. King feels that because of how big file sharing has become, it should be an option for film makers to use as a distribution platform. Though the people that made Steal This Film are not forcing a fee to watch the movie, they are receiving voluntary payments from viewers.

11. Privacy and Confidentiality

New media has essentially removed some of the boundaries of privacy. But, the effects are neither predominantly good nor bad. A person may post up some material online that the person would not have wanted anyone else to see except for the intended recipient. But someone else may be able to see that picture or personal message through new media. However, there are reasons why the lines of privacy being erased may be a good thing. Someone may want to show a creation and get some feedback on it. Without new media, the acknowledgment of the creation would be confined only to those that physically observed it. But with new media, there would be little difficulty in getting it to as many people as possible.

10. Advice to Baruch College

Baruch College needs to implement a system that enables students to communicate and discuss topics of interest with each other. A forums should be created that is run by Baruch College but is managed by the students. There are students that do not check their school e-mail regularly during the semester so the notices that the school and student government mail out would rarely be looked at. The flyers in the Vertical Campus are ignored because there are so many of the same flyer that are put up at a time. The information found in the school newspaper is not disseminated as much as it could be because of the fact that it is a school newspaper. A forums would not only contain topics pertaining to the school but also threads by the students and student groups. Individuals could express their opinions about things like why the escalators do not work to how they feel about rising tuition costs. The appeal of this idea is that everything would be in one place instead of some things being only on flyers, a student's blog, or the school's Facebook page.

9. About My Term Research Paper

So, I wrote about the ways how and the reasons why new media affects old media. What I learned from my research is what new media is and new media is developed from old media and eventually takes over the functions of the old media. I chose the topic because I make music and the ways in which music is made has changed due to new media. I play several instruments but I prefer composing music through software and applications because of the different sounds that I have access to and I don't need the skills to play the sounds like I would have had to do if I were to compose with actual instruments. But to sum it all up, my paper shows that everything no matter how big or small is affected by new media.

8. Creativity and New Media

So here is a beat I made a while back with Beaterator for the PSP:
http://soundcloud.com/thedaebu/keep-it-ill

Beaterator is basically a composition tool and a portable studio. I composed the beat by combining piano rolls of different instruments and timbres. Beaterator allows me to construct songs without the need for instruments to play and the skills needed to play instruments. It gave me the ability to use my creativity that would not have been expressed otherwise. This is the only one I made with Beaterator though; I use Fruity Loops to make songs because there are more things I can do with it. But, I recommend Beaterator to anyone that has ever wanted to make music but was never able to before.