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creepy
“Even cars are gettin creepy wid it. Erryones a d*mn stalka now.” Although my friend isn’t so gifted with the words, he’s definitely right.
And people really need another distraction while driving? I know we’ve all see people eating, on a call, texting, or putting on their make-up while driving. Now they can check their facebook too?
In the world of Apps
Applications on your electronic devices can make your life very easy. In the article, Navigating the World with Social Media, we learn from a couple of people that apps can save your day. If you need a taxi and you couldn’t find one, then there is an app for a taxi services around your neighborhood. If you need to find a restaurant at an airport terminal then there is an app for that as well. A lot of hotels, airlines, restaurants and more have their own app for you to make reservations without having to pick up the phone. This makes everything convenient for us.
Since we are always in the run, and don’t have time to make a phone call while at an important meeting, we can always find the app on your electronic device, and just do what you have to do. Nice, simple and straight to the point. With all of these new apps for pretty much everything, it makes me wonder what would the app world look like in a few years from now. You can pretty much do everything through an application, but what is going to happen to the human interaction? You can call a customer service representative to plan a trip or book a flight, but isn’t much easier to just use the app? Are we really the ones who are causing unemployment in our own country, because we want everything to be done much easier? Just some things to think about…
-Armenis Perez
Twitter in the Classroom
This article in the New York Times called Students Speak Up In Class, Silently, Using Social Media, talks about using a sort of like a twitter in the classroom. It is a backchannel system where students could ask questions and participate in lectures without having to raise their hands. This is great when it comes to those students who are shy and do not like to speak up in class. I hate speaking up in class, it gives me anxiety, and i get nervous. This is how a lot of the students who are shy in class feel, and this new program helps them get through their fear and earn some participation points in class. Its much easier to type in a comment or an answer to a question where no one has their eyes on you and are judging you.
This has become a little controversial. Some say that schools worked so hard to keep text messaging and social networks away from schools and this type of program brings it back. Some say its a great idea to create participation within the whole class, and let those people who do not participate in person, do so by the computer. It encourages dialogue within the students, and a classroom experience that almost no-one has yet to experience.
This blog for example is a great way to communicate and give your opinions about the different articles that we each post. It creates communication within the students and the professor even for those who are shy to say anything in class.
-Armenis Perez
Digital City
It’s no secret that technology has become an important part in nearly everyone’s live, whether directly or indirectly. In class, we’ve discussed how it affects our social lives, interactions, and relationships. An while technology has been used by both the private and public sector, it seems that the two have now combined.
In an annoucement made on Monday, May 16th, Mayor Bloomberg has pledged to make New York City the “No. 1 Digitial City”. Using the popular social networking sites of Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and FourSquare, the goal is to make the City of New York more Internet accessible. It is also to redefine the presence of New York online, redesigning its website and plans to “to acquire a .nyc suffix for Web pages”. The city has also hired it’s first ever Chief Digital Officer.
After reading several articles, the point of all this is still unclear to me. The only explanation I could find was a quote from Mayor Bloomberg: “We want New York City to be the nation’s premier digital city – in how local government interacts with New Yorkers, in how New Yorkers have access to and capitalize on new technologies, and in how our tech and digital media sectors evolve, grow businesses and create jobs”. This, to me, seems pretty vague. The city appears to just be expanding on the general purpose of the Internet: to connect people more quickly and efficiently.
With all the budget cuts (including education cuts which have forced Baruch students to visit Albany and lobby to keep our Pell Grants and block outrageous CUNY tuition hikes), Bloomberg’s goal just seems pointless. He even flat out states that the city does not have the money to complete this task on its own and will look to companies for aid.
Don’t you think that the money can be better put to use? What about restructuring the MTA so we have fewer corrupt officials and more service? This may seem cynical but at the end of the day, the city is constantly trying to bring in tourists and improve the things that RESIDENTS have no concern over.
Posted in Assignment 5
Tagged digital city, Facebook, Foursquare, new york city, Social Media, Social Networking, tumblr, Twitter
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Journalism in the digital age causes Capitalism?
A recently file lawsuit on behalf of 9,000 bloggers against The Huffington Post are seeking over $100 million in damages. The bloggers are claiming they made The Huffington Post what it is today due to their contributions. With the recent sale of the Huffington Post to AOL for $315 Million, the bloggers believe they are entitled to a share of that. One outraged blogger stated “without the bloggers there was no Huffington Post and there would be no sale to AOL.” However the bloggers knew they would not get compensation for writing an article for the Huffington Post. Whether or not there was a contract with each blogger is unclear.
As Ritzer & Jurgenson observe, there is a “trend towards unpaid rather then paid labor and towards offering products at no cost” which they conclude as a new form of capitalism. Could you say The Huffington Post, as one of the many online profit-seeking companies, has traits of capitalism? Ritzer & Jurgenson state traits of capitalism include “efforts to gain greater control and greater profits.” Well The Huffington Post did not pay the bloggers who contributed leaving them with greater profits and with AOL buying them, there is now greater control and power.
Ritzer & Jurgenson ponder on a point that can be related to how The Huffington Post functions and the possibility of a new form of capitalism emerging; “If capitalism is ultimately based on (unequal) exchanges based on a money economy, in such a ‘free’ economy can we be said to have capitalism in its traditional sense or are we beginning to see the emergence of the outlines of a new form of capitalism?” We will see how the lawsuit pans out but for the mean time, Did Arianna Huffington create an online journalism platform with capitalism written all over it or did she just create an amazing business idea that made her millions?
Source: Production, Consumption, Prosumption, The nature of capitalism in the age of the digital ‘prosumer’ by George Ritzer and Nathan Jurgenson
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Tagged Blogs, Capitalism, Huffington Post, Ritzer & Jurgenson, Social Media
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Social Media as a tool
The disaster in Japan gave a different use to social media. The concept similar to that of an illness narrative unfolded on the web. The internet “spawned creativity & innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering.” After the earthquake, tsunami & nuclear crisis during March, the people of Japan were able to use the internet mainly Twitter, to receive up to date real time information. As the earthquake & tsunami unfolded, the people of Japan were able to connect to Twitter to find their loved ones. Between March 7 to 13 the site grew by a third to 7.5 million users. Even one of the cities in Japan, Mitaka which is west of Tokyo, created a twitter.
Those directly affected by the disaster weren’t the only ones who used social media to connect. Many people became volunteers who used their blogs, Facebook & twitter to attempt to heal or at least comfort those suffering. A teacher living just outside of Tokyo created “Quakebook.” Quakebook is a collection of reflection, essays & images from various bloggers. IT plans to become a digital publication that will be sold. The proceeds of the publication will go to the Japanese Red Cross.
“World’s 1000 messages for Japan,” is another project that involves contributions from social media users. It consists of a collection of emailed notes & notes from Facebook users which then get posted to Twitter.
Social Media has used the Internet as a place to connect with people, share stories, give hope and volunteer time. It’s amazing that from countries & miles away we can all join in and let those suffering know they are not alone but rather there is someone here to lend a hand & do what they can.
Social Media Jobs
Since my previous post for assignment number four was about the positives of social media websites, instead of the negatives, I will continue with this trend. It is important to note that there are an immense amount of good things that social media websites can do for people, and since more and more continue to be created, it is important that people know about the benefits of them.
The obvious benefit is that it helps one another keep in touch. Whether it be someone with a disease who needs contact with the outside world, or someone who just wants to interact with their cousin who lives far away, social media websites are a necessity. Why? Let me ask you a question, when is the last time you picked up the telephone to call someone? This generation is focused on email & text messaging, and making a phone call has almost become a thing of the past.
I remember when I received my first cell phone. It had no color and the only game on it was snake. It was big and ugly, but it got the job done; making phone calls. Text messaging and social media websites, were not prevalent until the time I entered high school.
Another tremendous positive for social media websites is that there are more job opportunities, and since the economic decline, this is something everyone can be grateful for. By typing into google search : “Social Media Jobs,” this website popped up : http://www.socialmediajobs.com/ , with the headline “Social Media Jobs: Turn Your Passion into a Profession.” With such an engaging title, it was intriguing to me and it reminded me of why social media is a good thing. Many people enjoy writing their opinions, thoughts, etc. onto social media websites, and if it is something you love, why not turn it into a career? There have been many people who have visited Baruch for panel discussions in the library who have done this very thing. It may be difficult to ascertain, but almost nothing in life is easy.
Posted in Assignment 5
Tagged Facebook, jobs, positives, Social Media, tumblr, Twitter, websites
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R.I.P Social Media?..Yea Right!
http://technorati.com/blogging/article/has-social-media-had-its-hey/
Social Media has not had its hey day!!! Not only can you speak to relatives and friends far away, but you are able to Skype them into your living room. So Social media hey day is heating up ;)!! The potential of and the demand for these social networking sites remains infinite.
Social media has its positive and negative attributes like anything else. Its major drawbacks stems from easy access to the world wide web and people’s personal information. The fact that you can chat, make friends, play games with others from around the globe is not only amazing, but magical. The drawback here is bad,mean people are also online. Sometimes, there is no telling who is who. You go on, and just hope for the best!
However,when social media is correctly used, it affords us a broad and varied spectrum of services such as online teaching and learning, shopping,and movies/theater. Nowadays, you really don’t have to leave your home to accomplish many of your daily tasks. With the flick of a button, you have arrived at your destination through a link or intended site.
I think this article sums up how beneficial social media can be when the author states,…”you need to have a strategy in place that takes into account your strengths. Additionally it needs to have specific targets and goals, all driven by a tactical, yet strategical, plan. You need to have a way of measuring your social media marketing results and a means of fine-tuning them”. Because networking is key to a successful path in this day and age and social media is the medium that bridges that flow of data.
The firing of a R.I Physician puts spotlight on the use of social media in Medicine
This article looks a registered nurse that was fired last year for posting a patients information on Face book. Although this nurse was fired last year there have been other incidents where doctors have been reprimanded and terminated for disclosing patients confidential information on social networking sites.
This article specifically discusses medical professional however recently there have been other professionals that have been fired for the misuse of networking social media sites by publicly discussing things pertaining to their jobs.
This is just more evidence that proves that social networkingweb site are not as private as one thinks. Some one has to be mindful that what they are posting that although your setting is private it can still be viewed and can cost you your job.
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Tagged Social Media, Social Networking
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The Diary of Facebook
On March 30, 2011, MTV premiered the Diary of Facebook. It takes a behind-the-scenes look at how facebook was started, how it is run, and how it operates. It features facebook creator, Mark Zuckerburg, as well as many of his employees, and it shows the evolution of facebook.
Though I have not watched the whole thing, from what I gather, it only focuses on the positives of what social media can do. The thirty minute shows discusses how one woman was able to find long-lost family members, and how another man whom has a serious disease, is able to engage with the world around him.
Often times, I think because of the class we are in and the things we hear in society, it is easy to discuss the negatives of social media. Personally, anything I have posted about social media on this blog has been negative, but it is important to look at the pros too.
Facebook, and other popular networking sites, are beneficial for a number of reasons. If they were not, why would so many of us be on them? Facebook can definitely be used as a tool to find family members, old friends or neighbors, etc. It is also a good way for businesses to promote themselves, by creating a site and letting everyone know all they need to about their business. My brother recently ventured into the business world and bought a bar in Park Slope. It is in a somewhat desolate place in the neighborhood, definitely not a high traffic area. However, with the use of websites such as Facebook, and Yelp!, he has been able to let people know of drink & food specials, as well as karaoke nights and when bands or disc jockeys will be performing. This has definitely helped his business reach out to a larger audience.
I definitely think there are both pros and cons to all social media websites, but that goes for anything in life. People need to be mature about their internet use and many problems can definitely be avoided.
