What kinds of technologies are part of the new media?
The new media technology referred to Web 2.0 is more interactive between users than it was before. Have a several communication technologies, such as blogs, wikis, online social networking (Facebook, my space, Hi5, twitter, Friendster, tagged, etc) virtual worlds, games and other social media forms. People are using these new technologies through, computers, cell phones, internet, television and even home phones.
How important is the Internet to the new media?
As an interactive new media, the internet is having a profound impact in people’s life. It is not the only medium to distribute information to its users, but also a vehicle to express public opinion or views. Besides internet have multiple uses while a person is online, such as entertainment (game, movies, videos, music, etc), information communication (People can get the latest news.) among others. Thus, internet is very important for the new media, because without it, people would not be able to use the new media technology.
Why and how are the new media replacing and / or enhancing the old media?
The new media and old media are working together to bring the best of each other. New media has used the concepts of old new media to enhance it. We have online news papers stead of having the print out, people can have the latest news, videos, movies, music online and they don’t have to wait until is printed and published to the public, which it could take days before a person can have a hard copy. With the new media people have the opportunity to make comments of different topics and publish them at anytime. New media has helped people in other areas. For example, thanks to the new media companies are considering more the opinion of its employees than they did before, people can have social relationships, social networks and none of these benefits are consuming time and sometimes not even money. For the most part, the new media comparing to the old media is done instantly. I think one of the most important elements for the new media which also was for the old media is the internet, and it has been improved to accomplish the demands of the new media. I have to say that without internet people would not have any access to old media in some ways and to the new media right now. Internet has improved in its price, its speed and its themes,
Friedman, Linda Weiser and Friedman, Hershey H. “The New Media Technologies: Overview and Research Framework” April 2008. Pages 9-24. Available at SSRN:< http://ssrn.com/abstract=1116771>
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
BLOGS VS WIKIS
Compare and contrast blogs and wikis.
Although Blogs and wikis are part of the Web 2.0 technology and are both great ways to communicate thoughts and ideas. They differ in a few things, in a blog people can be more opinionated than wikis, and wikis are more a collaboration of facts from more than one person. They tend to be more a discussion than a blog; a blog is more one person’s opinion with comments. A person can discuss their thoughts on many different topics (nobody can edit anything on this page). A wiki, however, is a website that allows its users to edit the content of the page. In other words, users collaborate with each other to make the page more reliable.
Comment on the importance of convergence in today's networked world
Coverage is becoming more apparent as time is passing by. For example, television is an important tool in today’s world, and TV is getting more involved with technology. TV is become easier and interactive for all of us than it ever was before. I think this is more positive than negative because everything is becoming more compact and effective (digital ) than it was years ago, thus, we can now connect several devices together, and that will save money and space in people’s home. In other words, everything involved with the new technology is getting convenient in our life, and the more we know the more we can take advantage of it. However, if companies don’t know of the importance of a network and a digital world they have to catch up quickly if they want to satisfy their speciations.
How can blogs be used for collaboration?
I must say blogs already are collaboration. They are used in different areas because of their interactive way. I can say that there is an increase of use of blogs in education. Blogs are well suited to serve as on-line personal journal for students. Students and teacher can upload links and files easily, and have a better communication between one another. They can create forums for discussion of different topics; therefore, blogs can improve student’s communication skills.
Can you think of a new use for a wiki that has not been done yet?
I am not sure what else a wiki can be used for because I think we can do anything we want, since we have free access of our pages or wikis, and free way to express something. Although it can be changed or improve by others, we still have the freedom of our comments. We can use it as a good method of teaching step by step to a person on any subject with “How to Guides”. We can direct and instruct other people with things that we are knowledgeable on.
Although Blogs and wikis are part of the Web 2.0 technology and are both great ways to communicate thoughts and ideas. They differ in a few things, in a blog people can be more opinionated than wikis, and wikis are more a collaboration of facts from more than one person. They tend to be more a discussion than a blog; a blog is more one person’s opinion with comments. A person can discuss their thoughts on many different topics (nobody can edit anything on this page). A wiki, however, is a website that allows its users to edit the content of the page. In other words, users collaborate with each other to make the page more reliable.
Comment on the importance of convergence in today's networked world
Coverage is becoming more apparent as time is passing by. For example, television is an important tool in today’s world, and TV is getting more involved with technology. TV is become easier and interactive for all of us than it ever was before. I think this is more positive than negative because everything is becoming more compact and effective (digital ) than it was years ago, thus, we can now connect several devices together, and that will save money and space in people’s home. In other words, everything involved with the new technology is getting convenient in our life, and the more we know the more we can take advantage of it. However, if companies don’t know of the importance of a network and a digital world they have to catch up quickly if they want to satisfy their speciations.
How can blogs be used for collaboration?
I must say blogs already are collaboration. They are used in different areas because of their interactive way. I can say that there is an increase of use of blogs in education. Blogs are well suited to serve as on-line personal journal for students. Students and teacher can upload links and files easily, and have a better communication between one another. They can create forums for discussion of different topics; therefore, blogs can improve student’s communication skills.
Can you think of a new use for a wiki that has not been done yet?
I am not sure what else a wiki can be used for because I think we can do anything we want, since we have free access of our pages or wikis, and free way to express something. Although it can be changed or improve by others, we still have the freedom of our comments. We can use it as a good method of teaching step by step to a person on any subject with “How to Guides”. We can direct and instruct other people with things that we are knowledgeable on.
Richtel Matt. “What Convergence? TV’s Hesitant March to the Net.” New York Times, 15 February 2009 <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/technology/internet/16chip.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=what%20convergence&st=cse>
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Checking out some social networking sites
With New media, there are a several ways to keep in touch with family, old friends and new friends. However, the only way to do it is when people join a social network such as Facebook, My space, Friendster, Hi5 among others. In these social networks, people can keep track of one another. To me all of them are similar, because they are made for the same reason “to share information and to keep in touch”. Honestly, they don’t differ a lot from each other, except for a few things that I will describe according to my experience with some of them. They differ in the age of the users and their restriction to them, demographically (some people tend to use these social networks depending on which one is used in their countries), and the way people can apply setting to their pages. I think My Space is more involved with teenagers as well as Friendster and Hi5, and they don’t have restrictions in modifying pages. Therefore, a lot of people like that, especially teenagers, because they want to have their own look on their pages that they can be identified with. People can add music, color and themes to their profiles. On the contrary, facebook is more college level; many of the users are college students and professional people. Besides that, Facebook users are unable to change the appearance of their pages, they cannot add music to their profiles and they are more restricted when it comes to privacy. No one is allowed to see anybody’s profile unless they are accepted before by somebody else.
Even though, I have Facebook account, my experience is slightly limited, so I have avoided much direct comparison between it and other social networks. I also have hi5, and tagged but the only reason I have more than one is because sometimes people only have one social networking website. However, I am definitely more active with facebook than with the others.
Even though, I have Facebook account, my experience is slightly limited, so I have avoided much direct comparison between it and other social networks. I also have hi5, and tagged but the only reason I have more than one is because sometimes people only have one social networking website. However, I am definitely more active with facebook than with the others.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
What is the New Media?
The new media now referred to web 2.0 is a set a communication technologies such as blogs wikis, social networking in which we have facebook, twitter, and my space among others, virtual world and some others social media forms. The most excited part of the New Media is how people can contribute to all of this. People can contribute by commenting on everything that they agree and disagrees with, by creating their own pages and post their own thoughts and ideas of different topics. And also, communicating with other people in a way that is a lot easier, faster and cheaper compared to the past. In other words, people are the most important part of the new media. However, we wouldn’t have this New Media if it was not for the internet, the internet is the other important part of the New Media, even though, internet is been out there for years already, but it has been improved to make it available for this new technologies. Internet is been improved in its speed, its appearance and its prices.
Monday, June 8, 2009
How Blogs and Wikis Can Affect Businesses Economically
Businesses are incorporating web 2.0 applications such as blogs in wikis which are playing a virtual role in savings cost and optimizing work processes. They do it by improving internal communication between employees, managers and costumers.
Business can mostly benefit from:
Posting status updates of their products or they can interact with costumer about the quality of their products in a blog. This could provide a business with the ability to rapidly improve their products and customer service. Therefore they are saving time and money. Posting past experience and personal information on a wiki. This information could, for example, help employees to accumulate a perfect area of play to win a new contract. Companies can also advertise new products through blogs and wikis and that also will help them to have a review of a new product that is not even out there, therefore, they are saving time and money. Because they will rapidly have new ideas from their own costumers, so they can apply those ideas to the new products before they bring them to the market. Companies enhance communication across multiple locations. This also enables companies to distribute information and encourage team work, fast.
Business can mostly benefit from:
Posting status updates of their products or they can interact with costumer about the quality of their products in a blog. This could provide a business with the ability to rapidly improve their products and customer service. Therefore they are saving time and money. Posting past experience and personal information on a wiki. This information could, for example, help employees to accumulate a perfect area of play to win a new contract. Companies can also advertise new products through blogs and wikis and that also will help them to have a review of a new product that is not even out there, therefore, they are saving time and money. Because they will rapidly have new ideas from their own costumers, so they can apply those ideas to the new products before they bring them to the market. Companies enhance communication across multiple locations. This also enables companies to distribute information and encourage team work, fast.
Clive Thompson on How YouTube Changes the Way We Think
In this article MadV is saying that technology is changing and we only need a medium that can introduce us to this changes, a medium that can introduce us to this new world of technology that is already out there, then people will respond accordingly. MadV uses an example of a video that he record on You Tube about himself that lasted 41 seconds and he saw how quickly people respond to it. He was very impressed. This article also remarks how we are changing the way we think of new videos, and how we can easily edit videos comparing to the way we used to see or use technology years ago. I think we are using all of this new technology to explore a world that was not there for us in the past. However, this new world in this area called New Media is changing our lives, because we have more ways to communicate our thoughts to the world whether is personal, professional or technical.
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