There are many cons to new media and media in general but one of the major cons would be the privacy issues that people have to face when using these types of medias. Like for example, instagram allows you to make your photos private but others may still be able to see through your photos by looking through someone else's phone. On new media, you are never really secure in terms of privacy because the world wide web is public for everyone. Having websites like google and yahoo allow people to search your profile up if you have made a facebook or instagram or anything that is related to your name. New media doesn't allow for much privacy and that is one of the downsides of new media. It makes everything available for the public to see.
If I were to be recently hired by Baruch College to be apart of the new media team, some of the advice I would give is to use every single type of social media out there. Even the ones that are not as popular. Then give people incentives to share and promote the college. For example, a voucher for a free lunch or something similar to that sort so that more people will be inclined to help promote Baruch College. Another thing I would do is help the college utilize new media to help make the college student's lives easier. Things that are dedicated specifically to things in relevance to assist them. For example, if they wanted to buy or sell textbooks, help use new media to develop a tool to make it easier to assist the student in buying or selling textbooks.
You bring up really good points. Even if you just do a Google search on yourself and say your friend whose profile is public and they upload and a tag a picture of you, that picture will show up even if your account is private. It really sucks sometimes.
ReplyDeleteIt's true that even if you only allow your friends to view your pics, doesn't mean they are the only ones who will end up seeing it. Your friends can show their friends, repost your pic, etc. I think we as users of social media and new media in general need to just post things that we wouldn't mind if everyone saw. Also, there is no need for us to be posting everything we think, say, or do because it might just be too much information.
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