Our Class Wiki- So Far

For our class wiki I am contributing to the topic New Media Ethics and Law. My goal is to edit the wiki page as well as add some updated content. I have been doing research with regards to how new media  and ethics and law affect each other.

P2P File Sharing

In the article Content producers should take advantage of P2P, Jaime King credits pirate bay, a P2P site with the success of his film. He says, "...was the initial point of explosion of interest in Steal This Film."  File sharing is the practice of sharing stored information such as e-books, documents and pictures while P2P file sharing is the sharing of files between different users such as music and movies.  Some examples of P2P file sharing are napster, super nova tube and also BoingBoing.

Privacy & Confidentiality

New media, privacy and confidentiality are related. Sites such as Facebook show ads based on websites you have been visiting, YouTube suggests videos based on the last video you looked at. In my opinion no matter the privacy options new media offers there is always a "back door" to your information.I do a google check of my name once in a while and sometimes stuff that I have posted in social networking sites come up even though I have my privacy options set. In order to protect from job loss,people finding out private things about you it's better not to posts on sites because there is really no privacy nor confidentionally when it comes to new media.

Advice to Baruch

My advice to Baruch college with regards to implementing new media to improve the college will definitely be regarding evening students. Evening students do not have access to services such as the bursar's, registration, academic departments as well as testing offices because most of these offices close between 5-6pm. Having a facebook group where these students can post the issues they need help with without having to take time off from their jobs. Another suggestion would be concerning online classes, there needs to be more available, a possibility can be a virtual classroom where the class can meet at a specific time

Term Research Paper

My research project was Social Networking and its Impact on Families. In the paper I discussed the role social networking plays in couples divorcing, how it has both positive and negative attributes for facilitating communication among families as well as how it impacts children.
The reason I choose this topic is that I believe that usage of technology is destroying families.  I am not saying that technology is bad but that the way and reasons it is used has consequences for the family. Within the paper the question was asked Does Social Networking have impact the family positively, negatively or in both ways. From my research I found out that is has a mostly negative impact. I used examples from my personal life as well as friends and I also used articles for my research. Within the paper I listed some ways that families should implement to foster communication amongst each other