Joseph's Blog

  I'd like you to show me how new media fosters creativity by creating an example. This assignment is up to your imagination. Whether you want to create a YouTube video or show me snapshots of an avatar in Second Life that you created, I will leave the definition of "creativity and new media" up to you, and let you surprise me. To get credit for this assignment you must post a blog entry with the above title and explain exactly what you did using new media tools and display it either with screenshots or by providing a url in your blog. Note: This assignment is flexible, just be creative :) The avatar that I decided to make was a snapchat bitmoji. This was a very cool little project for me because I remember seeing how everyone on my snapchat list had a little avatar that looked like them. At first, I didn't really think much of it. I thought it was creative but was never driven to make my own. I decided to do this for my blog since it gave me a good reason to create o...

  Create a new post on your blog with the above title. In your post, cite at least one of the assigned readings and discuss how new media fosters creativity. Media fosters creativity in the way where you get ideas from everywhere. Rather than having to come up with an idea or think about how to expand on an idea by yourself, you are left with a vast ocean of different places where you can get help. A prime example is an article called "How use-generated content can improve your social media marketing strategy", by Lisa Mulcahy. She talks about a company trying to reach to new and existing customers and the way they decides to market their brand is to let customers be a part of the strategy. On social media, they told their customers to give them honest reviews about the company and product in order to give the customers the "truth" they seek. This will give them a better idea for what they may have a weaknesses in and build that weakness. It is very hard for a norma...

Virtual worlds are the future of entertainment and interaction. As mention in the Forbes article, "After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get a Reboot?" stated that 2 billion users worldwide with 1 billion of those accounts being kids ages 5-15. It is especially popular with kids because it can foster creativity and a create an environment where their parents have no bounds. The different ways you can use virtual words are limitless. Some examples include, rehabilitation, hang out areas, games, etc.  A fter reading the two articles I really believe that the pros outweigh the cons. According to the NY times article "Iv Been in That Club, Just Not in Real Life" the author wanted to go to a cafe to see a band, but once there she was disgusted with her experience so she left. She went home and rejoined the show but virtually. This is one of the pros that I wanted to discuss and it related to the current pandemic times. Now that people will be well aware of the risks and ...

Below I will begin to compare four social media websites. Facebook: Facebook is actually my main social media. I like to use Facebook as a messaging platform because the messenger aspect is very convenient. You can make group chats and reach out to different people in a very easy manner. Facebook's main application is also very interesting. I currently buy and sell shoes and sell them for profits and one of the platforms I use to sell is facebook. They have different groups and marketplaces that can be used to sell your items. You would think that the group pages would be run very poorly with no regulations but it is the opposite. Group owners try to maintain integrity and remove anyone who seems suspicious. I also use Facebook as a means to relieve my boredom. There are always different videos to watch on Facebook and I really like how the Facebook algorithm recognizes what you enjoy watching and gives you similar videos. Overall, Facebook is a great platform that has everything y...

 I believe that people are willing to use Twitter rather than Blackboard as a means to do an in-class discussion. With the way twitter is formatted, people can easily retweet, and comment on each others post. Blackboard is very inefficient because you have to go back and forth in order to reply to someone's comment. Twitter also has another function which shows you tweets that you might be interested in and there are articles that are very interesting. Overall, I think that twitter should be used as a primary means for in-class discussions because of its efficiency and reliability.