Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

One way virtual worlds can be used is by companies are innovating the virtual community Second Life that allows businesses to have their own meetings on their computer networks according to the article " Going to the virtual office in Second Life". In another article they used the virtual world in hospitals. "In Avatar 2:The Hospital", Stephanie Simon states that "its part of an online simulation designed to help nurses make quick, sure decisions in emergencies."


Some Pros are that it has better privacy and protection from public networks and could encourage more companies to take up this technology.

Some Cons are that these employees will have to take the extra time to learn how to use these virtual worlds. The real life workplace conversation is much more realistic and better to communicate.

In the future i feel that a lot more companies will do a trial and error with the virtual world to help improve their own systems.

Creativity and New Media

Here is an avatar in a virtual side of me that i created through Snapchat. It symbolizes who you are and/or what your hobbies are. You can customize everything, your hair, your outfit, your eye color, your accessories, technically anything you want. I am a tom boy and always wear hats and love to play basketball so this is me !

Creativity

"New Media fosters creativity" is such a perfect statement. Graphic designing is huge in todays generation. All of these new websites to create your own design has sprung. The new Apple ipad has also come out with new features to create designs just by a few clicks. In one of the readings, it stated, "The tools required for new media creativity are easier to obtain and learn to use than those of traditional creative works". It is true. All of the tools are right at our hand. It is our choice whether to make something creative or not. My coworker/friend has his own clothing line and hat line called Goldfinger. But no one would have ever found out about the brand until Instagram and Snapchat and Twitter came out in order to showcase it off. People on social media end up spreading and sharing whats in style which is hipster/ streetwear. Therefore, people make a living off of this and it feeds through and starts with social media.

Social Networking sites

The four sites i chose to visit were the only four i have which include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. They have many similarities but a few differences which make them each unique and that is why majority of society has them today! We use all of these social networking sites to keep up with the world and what going on because its most convenient and right at hand, just one or two clicks away.
Facebook is mostly used to connect and keep in touch with family and friends that are across the country or in a different state. Us users can post comments, post photos, share photos or links to news or motivating content that interests us on our own page. You can "like or follow" the data you are interested in. I mostly use Facebook for my job. We have a secret group where only my coworkers are members. We go on there to post shifts that we don't want or to swap shifts or even cover for someone who can't make it in that day. It quick and more convenient than email.
Twitter is a little different than Facebook in the sense that you are limited to 160 characters. Basically, get your point across. I feel that most people use Twitter to voice their opinion. I barely use twitter but when i do, i use it to keep updated on sports games if I'm not home. Twitter is like the go to, to find out whats happening now with politics, sports or celebrities.
Snapchat is a mobile app where you can post videos and pictures from 1 to 10 seconds. Whatever you post goes away after a day. Its easy which is what people want. Within seconds you can send a picture and receive one back from your friend. There are also many different filters you can apply to yourself or whatever you post.
Instagram is the most popular social networking site in my opinion. You can post pictures or videos. The newest addition to this site is that you can post multiple pictures in one post. You have a newsfeed with all of the people you follow to keep updated on their activity. There is now Instagram and Facebook live where anyone can watch and tune in to what you're doing at that exact moment.

Blog Social Networking

Social networking has its benefits and also its bad experiences; but it’s all about communicating. Such sites as Linked-In, Twitter, Facebook, and the current trend whereas companies are using their own internal technology to share work thoughts and strategies as well as asking for opinions and even used by human resources to conduct job reviews among fellow employees. First looking at the benefits. Of course many say it helps in finding a JOB! It helps in finding out about company cultures. Many sites are used to make contacts and feedback. Networking is a medium, a tool, used to send a message and hopefully to get an effect, either to achieve goals or to motivate others. The purpose to show how the information or ideas are useful and worth acting upon. These contacts are to attract attention or explain a position, (much like President Trump’s use of Twitter). However, in using such networking what goes out on the cloud opens the best and sometimes the worst of your words. In other words be aware of the levels of responsibility and also accountability. In the reading "Who Cares about Facebook Privacy", people don't recognize that in the near future, it will affect your job search when applying to certain positions. This younger generation doesn't understand that what you put on social media is never private, someone is always watching.

            Such negativities start with you, the sender. Who should communicate or receive the messages? Then be wary that your message heard by one person may not be heard or misread by another. So messages and intent has to be written with clarity and clearly understood. Do they understand the message as you understand it? The next thing to consider that everything written or posted is now open to the world. Things that you may think as funny/clever maybe offensive or taken as disrespectful and controversial and may cost you that JOB! So networking is an exchange of ideas …good and bad.