Principle of New Media (Sina Arjmand) CIS3810

  Technology is changing at a rapid pace. Just ten years ago it was unimaginable to see how much cellphones would change and how depended the world would become to the internet. I believe the next new media will be Artificial Intelligence integrated into every aspect of our daily lives. Our cellphones, computers, and even TVs and even smart homes are already programmed with AI. Nowadays new electric cars have internet connection and options like auto pilot which is AI base. We are becoming more and more connected to virtual world and giving AI systems more accesses over our lives. Voice assistance programs like SIRI and Alexa are another example of AI technology surrounding our daily lives. Voice assistance programs started with cellphones, however, today homes and cars can be controlled with voice assistance programs.

I have been posting about Covid-19 and planning to contribute more about this disease, prevention methods and the new vaccines. Covid-19 has changed our lives forever and it has impacted the whole world. I believe it is important to discuss it on our WIKI. 

  File sharing allows digital media like software and movies etc. to be transferred from one computer over another through a network or the internet. File-sharing practice is not illegal, however, the content that is being shared could be illegal. File-sharing creates the opportunity or loophole for users to share copyrighted material and illegally make money from sharing those materials. A peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing is a network in which computer systems are connected to each other via the internet. Any type of file can be shared between these computer systems. Peer to peer file sharing is like connecting several computers to a router and share content between them and it can be limited to what files users allow to share. Unfortunately, P2P also allows for illegal sharing of copy-righted material and like File sharing it creates a black market for selling those materials. BearShare, LimeWire, KaZaa, eMule, Vuze, uTorrent and BitTorrent are examples of P2P file sharin...

  My term paper was about privacy in new media, especially the social media. Social media privacy has become a controversial issue. Social media platforms were created for the goal of connecting people and making our lives more convenient, however, these platforms are offered to users for free and therefore social media companies look elsewhere to sustain their business and generate profit for shareholders. In order to profit social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram sell ads and also collect social media users’ data and sell those for marketing and development purposes and most of this data is collected without users’ knowledge. Although these social media giants state that users own their intellectual properties, due to lack of laws protecting internet users, these companies do not allow users to access their platform unless the user signs license-able right. Although law makers and government agencies have put in some efforts to protect users and limit social m...

  It is very interesting to be asked to give some advice to Baruch college during the time which we are taking classes online due to Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, up until the pandemic began, majority of Baruch college professors refused to use the available technology to incorporate it into their classes. For the most part they would assign Homework on blackboard and shared class material like class notes and syllabus, but since the pandemic began, Baruch college students and professors were forced to convert to online teaching via blackboard and having class sessions on applications like Zoom. It was during this time that the lack of digital knowledge among Baruch professors and faculties showed its true face. Years of refusal to learn and use new technologies like computes and online applications Baby boomer’s generation professors and faculty forced Baruch college to cancel classes for several weeks and try to figure out a plan and caused students to suffer and miss out on ...