Collin Reed

I think the next new media will involve some of the newer technologies that have not yet been integrated into the media scope. Augmented reality has already been incorporated into some new media applications and I think there will be a wave of augmented ingrained apps in the near future. The next new media I would love to see and also expect to see is a real estate app like StreetEasy or Zillow integrating augmented reality. This way, apartment shoppers could walk down the street and look through their phone and see prices and information on any given building or apartments displayed as if they were on the building itself. Also, augmented reality can be used to show what furniture would look like in the apartment by having a virtual piece of furniture displayed in the room through your phone. This would be a fun and interesting way to shop for apartments and have a better idea of what furniture could fit in it.

Privacy and confidentiality are two problem areas when it comes to new media. The vast majority of people never read the fine print when approving to the terms and conditions when we download a social media app. As we have come to realize, there are some conditions that allow for your private information to be sold to advertisers so confidentiality is becoming a real issue. Recently, Facebook was in court due to the users information being sold to companies who used for political campaigns and fake news stories. This breach of trust is one example of many of how new media is having issues with privacy and confidentiality. The problem is that we give up most of our privacy when we agree to using these new media apps, so it is up to us to change that.