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May 19
Final Paper: Virtual Reality’s Assist in Social Networking
Networking is the best social skill we should acquire starting at a young age. Social media takes away from the social experience. As technology gets integrated with work and school, networking in real life becomes in some ways easier as well as difficult. People are less willing to interact in person, letting good networking opportunities …
Apr 30
Mashups
Mashups are when content gets remixed or people remix online content. It creates a potential threat to copyrights due to producers creating their own media based off of a original idea. So, they are not stealing, just editing it to their own taste. With copyright, it is mandatory to receive permission to use someone else’s …
Apr 16
Piracy
People are no longer just posting files online. There are now torrents needed to gather the pirated media which are also illegal. But it is acknowledged as file sharing instead of piracy. There is no way to legally remove pirated media from the internet because it is available as public file sharing which is …
Apr 08
Social Software: Blessing in Disguise?
“When less information is available, we change our behavior and discover new subtleties in the information we have.” (Kasprzak, 7). Kasprzak has a point because when we cannot find what we are looking for, we try to create our own. Social software has influenced kids to become more creative. We have started to motivate each …
Apr 02
Media theory
The medium is important to how we consume digital media because the medium is the connection to how the message is received by anyone. Without the medium, the content is nothing because it cannot be passed on. While some might portray certain mediums as negative or positive, the medium is neither. None of these mediums …
Mar 26
Apps & Bitcoin
On average, any human being who owns a smartphone spends about 2-4 hours on it. We no longer use our phone service and Wi-Fi for internet browsers. Applications are made for every separate transaction or need we have. For example, most restaurants allow you to order food before you arrive. They offer incentives to …
Mar 19
Media in a Changing Global Culture
“Media no longer just shape our culture…they ARE our culture.” Media changed how we communicate, market, and grow. We grow up attached to technology. The media has created so many careers to maintain it all around the world. Due to the fact that we are all connected or have a relationship with the media of …
Mar 12
Internet of Things / Locative and Physical Media
Blogging has become more than just a regular post online. We have turned animals into “blogjects” to post and track different variables. For example, they mentioned a pigeon which is usually looked as nasty public animals are now attached to GPS devices and blog its location. It has many uses depending on the object and …
Mar 05
TV
Television has changed our way of communication in several ways. Instead of rushing home to see a show at a certain time, we record it onto our DVR or just stream it online. Traditional ways have changed and we do not pay mind to most television shows unless we have access to them on demand. …
Feb 26
Crowd sourcing
Photographers started making websites to allow corporate and online users to access free or low priced content. This allowed the beginning of crowdsourcing which created competition to other markets. Instead of creating original content which would be a great expense, people started to find cheaper content online. Facebook, myspace, and youtube are examples of businesses …
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