Our Class Wiki - So Far

As my contribution for our class wiki I plan to expand and elaborate on how new media is used and very important to the food, beverage, and hospitality industry.  I chose this to be my focus because some family members and I are in the process of opening a restaurant and bar here in the city. That being the case, one of my responsibilities is to develop and manage our social media pages.  My goal is to explain how social media and other forms of new media have become a great and inexpensive marketing tool for people in the hospitality industry.

P2P File Sharing

File sharing is when people share digital information, such as computer programs, music, movies, documents, and e-books.

P2P file sharing is when people make use of software that connects them to a network where files can be shared between theirs and other peoples computers. 

Bittorents and napster are examples of P2P file sharing. According to "ONLINE PIRACY AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW BUSINESS MODELS," by David Y. Choi from Loyola Marymount University "The 
software allowed a user to download files from a multitude of users, rather than a single 
individual, on a bit by bit basis, therefore decentralizing the source of the file from any single 
storage."

privacy in new media

Privacy in new media is a very real and serious issue. Now that people have very personal information up on social media websites, it has become very important to try and protect your privacy. Kids post pictures of themselves at party's, drinking when they are underage, or just behaving in ways that they would not want everyone to see or know about. It is a known fact that many schools and employers are looking at potential employees and potential students Facebook pages and other social media pages before making a decision on them. It is very important that people don't post things that could be potentially harmful to themselves or others and that they make sure that they have their privacy settings set so only people they want to be able to view their profiles, posts, and pictures can view them.  I believe on Facebook, for instance the default profile setting is very public and anybody can view your page. This can be unsafe and not good policy to allow complete strangers to get a glimpse into your personal life.

Advice to Baruch

There are many ways in which Baruch could utilize social media effectively.  I think if teachers made a Facebook page for each class they taught it could be a great tool for professors and students to communicate regarding the class. Not only would it give professors an easy way to reach the class but it would also allow students in the same class to talk to each other through messaging but also through instant messaging.  If multiple students and/or the professor were logged in at the same time they would be able to have a real time conversation, almost as good as meeting in person. It would also allow students to post questions that they are having trouble with and other students or the professor could help them work it out.

Another way that new media could be used at school is if the schools it self used a social media site to let students and faculty know about cancellations and other information that needs to get out.  I believe this would be beneficial because people seem to constantly be on Facebook  twitter, and other social media sites. So if they received notifications through one of them they would likely see it before they saw it on the Baruch website or through the Baruch e-mail.