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“Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It Crowd sourcing
gives a voice and platform to anyone willing News Reporter
to engage.” – Amy Jo Martin Radio Commentator
b. People in Media – Media practitioners who
Opportunity provide information coming from their expert
– It is a set of circumstances that makes it knowledge or first-hand experience of event.
possible to do something. Example:
Print Journalists
Opportunity of Media to: Photojournalists
Broadcast Journalist
1. Economy – The media gives Multimedia Journalists
opportunity to news industry, film Facebook users
production, entertainment programs, Movie directors
print, broadcast, Internet, advertising, College professors
and public relations.
2. Education – Learning has never been Positive:
easier and at the same time, more 1. Media can help us to be informed on what
complicated that it is today in the age of is happening in our surroundings.
media and information. 2. It also connects and bind people together.
3. Social - Media of today is playing an It has also an impact in the world of business
outstanding role of shaping public specifically in advertising, entrepreneurship
opinion. and employment.
4. Political – Candidates and their
supporters constantly post their views on Negative:
social media. Each party has its own 1. It consumes the time of the user.
pages, form which it broadcasts 2. It can cause computer addiction.
progpaganda and request for donations. 3. It can cause cyberbullying, depression,
anxiety and worldwide crimes.
Challenges of Media:
Massive Open Online Course
1. Illegal Content – It shows extreme - is an online course that has open access
sexual violence or materials that are and interactive participation by means of the
overly violent. Web. MOOCs provide participants with
2. Cybercrime – These are criminal course materials that are normally used in a
offenses committed via the Internet or conventional education setting.
otherwise aided by various forms of
computer technology. Some of the advantages of a MOOC are as
3. Copyright Infringement – is the follows:
unlawful use of works protected by - No tuition fees
copyright law without permission. - Open access, exposing top level professors
4. Identity theft - is the crime of at schools that would otherwise be
obtaining the personal or financial unavailable to much of the World’s
information of another person to use population
their identity to commit fraud. - Open courses for all interested, regardless
of location, resulting in a more diverse
Power of Media – The mass media is student base
powerful because audiences tend to trust
them all the time. Sometimes, people tend to Examples:
believe in fake news without researching the a. Duolingo – is a language learning platform
original source. used by more than 70 million people
worldwide.
People Media – refers to people that are b. Treehouse – is creating the “classroom
involved in the use, analysis, evaluation and from the future” with this superb learning
production of media and information. platform.
c. Google Primer – is a new app from Google
2 Categories of People Media: designed to teach digital marketing basics in a
a. People as Media – People who are well fast, easy to learn environment.
oriented to media sources and messages and d. Lynda.com – is a learning and training
able to provide information as accurate and website build around video tutorials.
reliable as possible. e. Codeacademy – anyone with Internet can
Example: access free courses on coding, 24/7,
Opinion Leaders anywhere in the world.
Citizen Journalism
Social Journalism Wearable Technologies
- are the pioneer and worldwide leading that takes the capabilities of computer
innovation and market development platform generated display, sound, text and effects to
for technologies worn close to the body, or enhance the user’s real-world experience.
even in the body.
Hologram- It is an image created by a
Categories of Wearable Technologies: photographic projection of a recording of a
• Sports & Fitness – helps the athletes to get light field rather than an image formed by
qualified input about vital data during work- some sort of lens.
out.
o Example: StretchSense – is a fabric sensor Ubiquitous Learning
that is perfectly field- ready solution for – It can be defined as an everyday learning
naturally measuring sports movements. environment that is supported by mobile and
embedded computers and wireless networks
• Healthcare & Wellness – helps patients in our everyday life (Ogata et al. 2009). It is
allows people to keep track of their health aimed to provide learners with content and
while avoiding unnecessary visits to the interaction anytime and anywhere (Hwang et
doctor and save cost at the same time. al. 2008).
o Example: Valedo Back Therapy is a device is
attached to the person’s back and the smart Key Characteristics of Uniquitous Learning:
sensors are able to store data. a. Permanency
b. Accessibility
• Security & Prevention: are essential in c. Interactivity
countless industries in order to ensure d. Situating of instructional activities
highest, up-to-date safety and security e. Adaptability
standards.
o Example: Alpinestar’s Tech-air is the Paperless Society – It can be defined as a
world’s most technologically advanced society in which communication and record
electronic airbag system for motorcycle riders keeping with the use of paper is replaced by
and first fully self-sustained active protection electronic communciation and storage. This
technology to function completely concern was originated by Frederick
independently of the motorcycle. Lancaster in the year 1978.
• Gaming & Lifestyle – The world of gaming Advantages:
has been undergoing massive changes, and • A paperless office uses less physical space
the tools that are used are becoming as when bulky filing cabinets are eliminated or
unobtrusive as never imagined before. reduced.
o Example: Virtuix Omni – It is a virtual reality • Relocating to a smaller office or building
system with a complete body experience may be possible, saving money on a lease.
approach. • The chances of losing important documents
are lower when scanned and filed
• Wearable Gadgets electronically, and the documents are often
o Example: Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses & easier to find in an electronic system.
Google Smart Watch
Disadvantages:
3D Environment • Up-to-date computer hardware and
– 3D Interactive environments are often software is essential for a paperless office, so
referred to as virtual reality or interactive 3D you may have to upgrade your systems
and have a figurative appearance. Much like initially and keep them upgraded, which
our own world, this type of world allows comes at a cost.
interaction with other (networked) beings as • If you do not have an IT person in your
well as manipulation of objects (Loeffler & company, you may need to hire one to
Andersen, 1994). They are a kind of virtual monitor your system, train new users and
habitat. perform regular backups of your information.
• Maintaining tight security for your
3D Printing or Additive Manufacturing – It is documents and business information is vital,
a process of making three dimensional solid and the more people use a system, the closer
objects from a digital life. it must be monitored for privacy issues &
viruses.
3D Films – It is a three-dimensional
stereoscopic film (also known as three-
dimensional film, 33D or S3D film). It is a
motion picture that enhances the ilusion of
depth perception, hence adding a third
dimension.
Augmented Reality (AR) – It is a type of
interactive, reality-based display environment
