Alexander Llivisaca New Media Blog

There are many similarities between blogs and wikis. For example, Both are new forms of media that the users can edit and publish their own work. Both are free to use and for the most part have small learning curves when it comes to using them. They are both used to keep record of information online for anyone to see and to comment on. However, there are a lot of distinct differences between the two as well. The main difference is collaboration. Blogs are generally run by an individual looking to share their opinion in their own personal space about anything they want, and occasionally have other collaborators as well. Wikis form of collaboration deals with many people coming together and using their minds to create an objective database of knowledge in which anyone can edit information. Wikis goal is to share factual knowledge with anyone, while blogs goal is to share their opinions on any topic they want. With more collaborators, wikis evolve and grow much faster than bloggers, and...

My research paper would be an analysis of Social networking: Better or worse than the real thing? It is clear in today's society that we people interacting more online than in person. While some may be comfortable interacting with others digitally, I would explore how this experience is making us as a society less social than ever before. Social media lets us hide behind a mask of anonymity. We have a disconnect with our identity, making us have one for our real life interactions and one for our online ones. While we hide online we lose touch of reality, making it harder for us to socialize and interact with others effectively causing us to seek more isolation into something we are comfortable with. This is what I seek to explore in my research, whether such a disconnect can cause us to be less social. I also to seek to understand the pros and cons of choosing to interact on a digital platform versus in real life, as understanding how people decide to interact with each other can b...