Principles of New Media by Pooja Patel

  If hired by Baruch College, I would recommend that new media should be implemented both within and outside the classroom. The first recommendation would be to create a wiki page for all the majors within the 3 schools (Zicklin, Weissman, and Marxe). The wiki page would encompass all the necessary information regarding particular majors such as which classes to enroll in, which minors are compatible with that major, the GPA requirements, etc. There can be individual hyperlinks that direct students to pages that provide information about the major itself, the career opportunities and much more. In addition, the wiki would allow students to collaboratively share their experiences in particular classes, constantly update recent job/internship opportunities available and overall be able to build on each other’s knowledge. For example, a user can edit the accounting major wiki page to post an update that since the tax laws have changed, the older version of the textbook recommended pre...

New media has led to greater issues pertaining to privacy and confidentiality. With the increased use of these newer technologies, the boundary between what is considered private and public has often become blurred. As noted by the article “Facebook Privacy Is So Confusing Even the Zuckerberg Family Photo Isn't Private” by Rebecca Greenfield even though Randi Zuckerberg had intentionally posted an intimate family gathering photograph on her private Facebook, due to the confusing privacy settings the photo somehow got leaked to the public. This shows that as more personal information becomes available on the internet, there is a greater probability for it to be hacked and/or misused in some manner. There is a saying that goes “once it is on the internet, it is for everyone to see” which speaks to the idea that nothing is really private online anymore. Therefore in order to maintain confidentiality with new media, it is important for users to carefully consider the information that t...