Andy Kuang's Blog

So far I have updated the YouTube page on our class wiki. I have added some information on who founded Youtube, and how popular it is today. I also edited the genres section of Youtube, and write many more examples of different types of videos. I also added a famous YouTuber on the page, and write a small bio on him and his accomplishments on YouTube. I will continue to work on this page by adding a couple of more famous YouTubers, to show the diversity on YouTube and how many famous YouTubers can come from around the world.

File sharing is when people upload files online to share to others by making the files available to download to the public. P2P is very similar where people share files with other people online. but An example of a P2P file sharing website is PirateBay, where it allows people to download torrents of any files that is uploaded onto the website. Some other examples are Digg, Slashbot, and BoingBoing. The benefit of these P2P file sharing websites is that it can increase the audience and exposure of any files, like for example films. Some films do not get the attention or amount of views they deserve because people are not willing to pay to watch it, but with P2P file sharing websites, it allows people to get these content for free. Although some people would argue that its unfair for the makers of the original content, because they lose money. Reading Cited: The BitTorrent Effect by Clive Thompson, Wired, January 2005. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/bittorrent.html

There are many issues of privacy and confidentiality with it comes to new medias. For example, if someone always posts videos of themselves online on Youtube, they would not want to publicly announce their home address or any personal information. All the information in the videos they post up are not private anymore, so they should be careful of what information they put online. Any information put up online can stay there forever, for anyone to access. This also goes for blogs too. You can find a lot of information about someone on the internet. New media's allow people to connect with the world by posting up their information online and interacting with one another. With this type of freedom that new medias bring along, it also brings out danger. There could be people who can stalk someones information by just searching up their blogs or videos.

I would use new media at Baruch college to enhance their events, and professional events. Sometimes students cannot physically attend events or professional events. With new media, we could use Youtube live streaming or Twitch live streaming to allow students to be able to attend these events without physically being there. Another new media that can be used for Baruch's benefit is a blog or Facebook blog where it allows students to submit any problems with college life or even give good ideas that can improve college life at Baruch. They should have a Facebook page of Baruch students, who can help each other out by answering or posting their questions online. These new medias can improve Baruch's community. It can allow people to connect to each other further.