Social Media on Mental Health in Sports

 I have contributed to a couple categories on our class wiki. Which are: "new media in business," "new media in food, beverage & hospitality industry," "new media in sports," "new media and devices," and in "gaming." I choose these to add to because I have some interest in each of these topics. I have added content, edited content, and added photos. One thing I noticed when I was looking at the business section was that it didn't have a section about different types of business. And since I learned about it in my law class that I am taking I decided to add it as a section because it is important when talking about business. I also added to the "Disadvantage of Social Media in NBA" because it was something I researched for the term paper and decided to contribute to that section.

 According to Jamie King's "Take Advantage of P2P - not fear it" file sharing is a sharing and transmitting of computer data in a network or internet with various access levels. This allows the same file to be passed across different computers anywhere in the world. According to the same article, P2P file sharing is a peer to peer file sharing which allows individuals to access media files using software program that searches and locates computers that have the file that is wanted. An example of P2P file sharing is Google Drive and the features it comes with like Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Sheets. Multiple individuals can work on the same project at the same time at different locations. P2P has also grown to getting loans from one another. According to Kaufman, Lugere who struggled to get loans from banks found "Lending Club" where she received a loan with a much lower interest rate than the banks would have given her. References: Peers Find Less Pre...

 Privacy has always been an issue with new media and social media specifically. And now more than ever it has been magnified with social media giants like Twitter, Facebook, and Google, being brought to court for their privacy issues. Many of us are told to be careful of what you post online because it will be there forever. With the amount of people using social media now, it can be screenshotted and passed around before it gets deleted. Social media engineers have created algorithms to guess what someone likes and show them more of that as a way to keep them on the app. I think Netflix's documentary, "The Social Dilemma," explains in great detail the privacy and confidentiality issues of social media. 

 If I were hired by Baruch College to use new media to improve Baruch, I would first improve Baruch's website. At first glance, the Baruch's website looks very old and outdated. It doesn't look very visually appealing or user friendly. Compared to Hunter's website where it looks much more vibrant and more inviting to use. The second thing I would suggest is to have a bigger social media presence. I think using social media would be a quick and easy way to spread news around about school events or general PSA's. I'm sure a lot of students use social media, so having a larger social media presence can help students be more informed about what is going on at Baruch.

Back in the summer of 2016, Drake has just dropped a new album called "Views." It was an instant hit, like many of his albums. However, what drew my attention was the album cover. A quick glance and you see the CN Tower. But if you look closer you see Drake sitting on top of the tower "viewing" over his city. So, one day during sunset, I went out to take a photo of the Verrazano bridge. And I thought it would be interesting to edit Drake sitting on top of the bridge looking over my city, with the sun right behind him almost giving off the effect as if he was glowing. In retrospect, he looks too big and disproportionate to everything else, but I still think it is a funny take on his album. Photo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fEHH5-LqSFcklpZGctLWdMQXM/view

New media, and social media specifically, allows users to create and post anything they want as long as it follows certain guidelines. Visual content is in high demand and is what keeps people on new media sites and is what gets people coming back for more. Where there is a demand, there will be someone who is willing to supply it. According to Barnes, back in 2007, when Soulja Boy's "Crank That" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, many creators compiled a bunch of clips from Nickelodean and put them together to make it seem as if Spongebob was rapping the song which has accumulated over 7 million views. New media can also foster creativity because of what you see online. This allows users to draw inspiration from different creators and put their on flare on it and make it unique and creative. References: 1. Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why? The New York Times, September 24, 2007; available at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/media/24crank....