New+Media+Trends+and+Issues

We talked about the assignment, Presentation on New Media Issues.

The following are some issues and points that you brought up in our discussions on new media trends and issues. Do consider these as well as other relevant issues that you come across. You should try to explore the issue you have decided on as fully as possible. This means that you will need to do some reading and researching on your selected issue.

- online video publishing and sharing eg Youtube -social networks eg Facebook, MySpace -blogging and politics/law - freedom of speech - censorship - racist bloggers -game and violence -citizen journalism eg stomp -communication - eg, expression of grief; sharing of idealogy eg religions - spreading awareness - mooching (abuses) - bomb hoax; stealing - fraud; identity theft; hacking - changes is ways of using and controlling media - sociat networks and privacy issues - how reliable is the info eg wiki -Second Life - uses and abuses - seamless tech for new media -Blogging code of conduct -tech and new media in education - tech not to substitute content and teaching -virtual cops - solution to the abuses -regulation (abuses/privacy, etc) -how new media changes society -making money/business eg ebay, auctions, blogs -difficulty handling new media -new media and r/s -trends amongst students - mobile reading devices – new trend? - mobile group text messaging (marketing) - online video publishing eg Youtube - new media balance of power and responsibility - new media and business – buying and selling/advertising/global marketplace - peer to peer network narrowcasting - interactive entertainment - simulation - security- hacking, fraud, id theft - gaming – hacking/cheating/money-making business? Legal considerations - new media – how does it affect trad media – citizen journalism vs trad journalism - is it true communication> online/text messages – how does it affect lg skills - new trend – moblogging - difficulties with new media – perhaps for digital immigrants? - Identity theft, online fraud/trust issues - Second Life – is it better than the first? - Happy slapping - Spamming - New media and public spaces – be careful of what you post - Credibility of blogs – blogs and money/blog traffic - Censorship? Sensitive issues eg race, religion – M’sian rapper, Thai King - Trad vs new media - How real/healthy are online-friends? Real vs online r/s, online dating - Cyber-terrorism - New media –distraction? //Duo core brains//? - Politics and democracy