Yong Mei New Media

There are many ways virtual worlds can be used some include gaming experiences, training programs for military or medical training. One example of a pro can be excessing imagination. According to the article "After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get a Reboot" by Diane Mehta it mentions that Minecraft "it's digital LEGOS if you will, but it's a space for kids to exercise their imagination to connect with others to also want to build and create things. However there can be cons, one example would be believing a virtual world and the real world are the same. According to the article "Virtual world may impact real-world behavior", it states that "Research suggests that how you represent yourself in the virtual world of video games may affect how you behave toward others in the real world. Virtual worlds can foster creativity because you can create anything in virtual worlds there's no limits so if you can think it, you can create it. I think ...

I have Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Instagram. I believe each of them are really useful in their own way.   For Facebook, I use it as like a primary way of communication and this is something I would share with classmates or colleagues rather than my personal number because this is usually something we all have. For twitter, you can see what's trending and what other people are tweeting about and join in on the conversation. Linkedin is really important, it allows you to connect with other people in your industry and see what all your colleagues are up to. Instagram, is very similar to Facebook but a lot more photos but it's not more about friends but rather you are sharing it with the world. 

In twitter, students are able to tweet through their phones, I'm not too sure about this but I don't think we can post discussions through our mobile phones, even if we are able to, I don't think it would be as easy as twitter. Also, twitter can be seen through the public and blackboard can be only seen through the public. However, I do believe that each has its own perks. Twitter would be great for constantly engaging, whereas blackboard you can write in depth and meaningful posts because there is a character limit on twitter.Twitter can be helpful in an in-class discussion, everyone can see what everyone is posting and people can reply whenever they are free.

What are some ways (corporate and otherwise) that these technologies can be used? What are the benefits of these technologies to society? Be specific. Is there a "dark side"? Make sure to include your opinion of the way these technologies might evolve in the future. Social Media can be used to connect people and ideas all across the world. One example right now would be the Corona Virus, there's speculation that China might be  misleading the world with how serious they are being hit right now and might be underplaying the virus. So people in China, share what's really going on in the infected cities. One dark side to this, is that we have no way to verify its authenticity, and it might spread unnecessary panic to the world. In my opinion, I think social media will become like auto-biography of our lives. In the article "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting" by Frank Langfitt, it says "Linkedin, a network of 8 million professionals sprea...

I think the main difference between blogs and wiki's is that blogs share one person's idea where wiki's is a collaboration of ideas. What you post in a blog is your own idea whereas what you post on a wiki can be edited by someone else and vice versa. In the New York Times article, "Brooklyn Blog Helps Lead to Drug Raid" by Michael Wilson, blogging helped the police out, "the bloggers seemed to know, sometimes chronicling daily activities in details" this shows how blogs are one person's perspective. Both are created by individuals. One use that be used for a wiki that hasn't been done yet is posting directions. I know there is apple and google maps but sometimes they can be very difficult to read or understand and sometimes they are just wrong and at the end of the day. I rather trust a person that has been to the location tell me how to get there rather than a computer. The main issue with this and all wikis is trust. However, in the New Yo...

I chose to do my project on Social Networking: a purposeful loss of privacy because I think this applies to everyone who has social media. I want to talk about we willingly share our lives online to other people. For me, I rarely use social media but the things people are willing to share is too much in my opinion. Social media isn't private you aren't really sharing with your close friends but sharing with everyone, sure you can set your accounts to private but I highly doubt anyone will just have like 5 friends on Facebook or Instagram, they usually add people they met a couple of times or sometimes just hit the accept friend request button. There is also another side to this, some people have made a career of sharing their entire lives through "vlogging". So they in a sense sacrificed their privacy for fame and money. I also want to touch upon FOMO (Fear of missing out) because I think this is a consequence of social media. FOMO is basically when you see other peop...