Check Out Social Networking Sites

Facebook - I am a current Facebook user, and I must say Facebook has become apart of my daily routine. It is near addictive that I check my profile everyday. Facebook is different compare to rival sites, for which it offers a genuine way to network whether its professionally or socially. I can find friends who I went to primary or even pre-school with, or stay in touch with managers and co-workers. Just recently, my employer Coach has started to use Facebook as a marketing tool, and a way to screen employees and their activities. This can be bad or good depending on your privacy settings and what you allow others to see and know. Its a great way to meet new people since your able to know who you have mutual friends with. I have been a Facebook user for two years and I think it was the best switch over from Myspace.

Myspace - Being a former Myspace user, Myspace was more attractive during my high school years, but as I grew older it became less attractive. Myspace is great if you want to make friends around the world, and keep up to date in the entertainment business such as music and movies. Myspace can also be very deceiving since their isn't really a way to determine whether a persons profile is real or fake. Myspace also is marketing boom by which companies spend millions every year to advertise since they have over 250million members. With rival Facebook, recently opening Facebook to all ages that has taken a hit on Myspace and its impact to publicize ads.

If I had to recommend one of the two, without a doubt I would say Facebook.

Blog vs. Wikis

Blogs and Wikis are very much similar because they can both used in educational purposes or facilitate a discussion resulting to many opinions. Blogs are usually restraint to the editor and what they chose to post as a topic with the expectation of feedbacks from mutiple users. The posts are list in a chronological order, allowing you to search for past post. However, Wikis are more collaborative with numerous authors/editors, allowing other users other then its original creater to openly edit and post content. Blogs on the other hand can have collaboration by viewers posting comments, suggestions or responses. Wikis that do not have any restrictions could be edited by anyone, anytime and any prior information could be replaced or updated.

For example, many Old Media companies such as newspapers and magazines, are striving to keep up with technology and New Media as they enhance their approach through online articles, blogs, wikis or e-zines. In Noam Cohen's article, "An Internal Wiki That's Not Classified," an appreciation for Wikis is displayed. A Special Assistant of the United States used to email all officials prior to attending a meeting the biographies of the specific people they were to meet. However, it has already been enhanced. They use Wikis but call it 'Diplopedia' and all officials in the State Department are able to contribute freely with any information they find necessary or relevant. This is a key example how Wikis may benefit a federal department whereas, Blogs are more benficial to a college student.

Old vs. New

New technologies lead to new media platforms and styles. These new medias, are just a change and base on a scale of improvements from old media. Its like painting your apartment and then saying its brand new. The same concepts apply with minor enhancements, the purpose and structure remain the same. There are many types of New Media replacing what was Old Media. For example, what was TV, Movies, Radios, Books, News, etc. are now Youtube, Netflix, Shoutcast, Ebooks, Wikis, and Skype. People have adapt to this new life, allowing them to know and do almost everything on the computer. Its amazing how a person can video chat with a friend halfway around the world, as if you guys were side by side. Last year, I became a Netflix member, and it is amazing how convenient it is to rent movies and have them deliver at my door. I am concern with New Media, many people as I speak for myself also have become lazy and very comfortable with the endless ability of the Internet, which may taunt society with many suprises as a whole one day.

What Is New Media?

According to Wikipedia, New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Also called social media, the new media are internet-based technologies that characterize what we call the “5 c’s.” The “5 c’s” are communication, collaboration, community, creativity, and convergence. Major social networking giants such as Facebook, Myspace & Twitter rely on new media in order to attract consumers like yourself and I.

Importance of Internet, in our society today, the Internet is the #1 important factor in all forms of medias. As time progresses, everything can now be done from the internet, whether its reading your mornings news for free, or checking the weather, or even ordering lunch and dinner, the interent does it all. So with the Internet capabilities deemed endless, it is very importance to new media to progress at the rate of technology.


Slowly New Media is replacing old media. For example after the release of the Ipod by Apple in 2002, many were amazed by the abilities of one little gagdet. Not only did it take nano technology to another capacity, but allowed web-browsing, audiobooks, and podcasts. New Media is the easy and modern way of living with possbily doing almost everything from the click of your mouse.

Citings: Friedman, Linda. “Old Media, New Media.” 2009. Baruch College. 23 Sept 2009. http://bbhosted.cuny.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_187392_1%26url%3d