Wiki So Far

So far, I have added information to the pages about love, sports, and food. I mentioned for love more information about cat-fishing and hackers posing as attractive individuals to get information, as well as users not being genuine about their intentions. For example, they could just be trying to find sexual partners, while coming across as wanting a serious relationship. For food, I expanded on the loyalty programs for big companies, such as Pinkberry. For sports, I mentioned that athletes use social media to brand and endorse products, but don't exactly use it as a platform to further social issues, despite coming from a background that is often affected by said issues.

I plan to add a Kevin Durant meme about being the real MVP to also show that athletes are often times mocked on social media.

P2P

P2P file sharing, or peer to peer, basically allows one user to copy or download a file from another user's hard drive. Regular file sharing, according to Wikipedia, is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books. There are several different facets that utilize P2P file sharing. These include sharing music, through the music app Soundcloud, where users can listen to and add to playlist songs that are posted by other users, Youtube, where users can watch and share videos uploaded by other users, as well as through the Lending Club, which allows users to create loans with other users. I know, the last one is a bit shocking and the last thing you'd expect.

Privacy

New Media has several issues related to privacy and confidentiality. There is the idea that once something is posted online, it's fair game. This rings true in many ways. Of course people can set their privacy settings for only certain individuals to see it, but that never actually holds true. Also, it places the responsibility and trust in the select few to keep your posts private and confidential. I have personally witnessed people screenshot other people's information and send it to others, sometimes to make a joke, reveal a secret, or to help catch someone in a lie. My personal strategy is if you want to keep something private and confidential, don't post it on new media. If you want to take it a step further, don't reveal any information you truly want to keep private and confidential to anyone, especially not someone who often blabs and goes on social media. If you thought word of mouth traveled fast, tweets, posts, and updates travel at the speed of light.

Advice

There are several strategies that Baruch can implement that will utilize new media to provide a better and more convenient experience for their students and faculty. One of these strategies has to deal with snow days and other weather delays. On snow days or days of inclement weather, Baruch could have a Twitter page that will tweet about the status of the school day, whether it is cancelled or postponed. Email could be another viable option, but most professors usually don't even email their students to let them know that class is cancelled. Another opportunity, which is actually just more so convenient for me and other people like me that take advantage of the basketball courts, would be to keep the schedule for the court times in a wiki. As teams and other corporations enter the gym and make it no longer available for students, the wiki can be updated on a daily basis, with only certified users having access to make changes, to ensure accuracy.