Baldeoprasad New Media - CIS 3810

In a growing age of inter-connectivity through means of advancing technology, shared work spaces where ideas and knowledge can flow are crucial to the advancement of human culture. Blogs & Wikis, although they exhibit differing characteristics, allow for such connectivity, with reference to global web infrastructure. Blogs are unique in regard to their limit on shared work / collaboration, but the design allows for a plethora of information on a particular subject matter to be found on a single, personal web page. Gone are the days of running numerous database searches for that topic you wanted to learn more about. Blogs are enabled to house links where viewers can find follow up information or can be referenced to sites where details are expanded upon. This allows the author of such a blog to direct viewers to current events or published articles which can enhance the posts as a whole. For example, the cops were alerted to the sale and consumption of illegal narcotics in a reside

Kesham Baldeoprasad I chose to analyze the topic of "Social Networking: Better or Worse than the Real Thing" for my term paper because it is something that has always been of interest to me growing up. I find that I am very distinguished from my friends and peers in that I have no social media accounts besides a business professional LinkedIn account. I have never seen the intrigue and overwhelming interest into creating an account to socialize virtually and online. That's something I've always preferred to do face to face and I feel that there's more of a personal connection and genuine friendship that can be created in person that can never be replaced by a screen and keyboard. I hope to discuss this in my paper as well as review the pros and cons of both sides of Social Networking, whether it's something that should be done online or in person. I am also intrigued as to the exposure social networking has gotten over the decade and the extreme influence it

First Blog Entry - Kesham Baldeoprasad CIS 3810 Principles of New Media