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Another kind of new media that hasnt been invented yet could be an interface that allows you to see peoples names, something like Shazam for real life, so then you can always be cordial and it could foster interactions amongst individuals. It could work through a pair of glasses or somehow be connected through your smart phone. The awkwardness of forgetting the guy's name who sits down the hall from you 10 times in the past week would disappear and it could hopefully negate one of the effects of new media which is the decreased amount of social interaction between one another.  

File sharing is the process in which you send or allow individuals to share information, documents, and spreadsheets and is mainly used through applications like Google Drive, Dropbox, and other platforms. These kind of file sharing platforms are important for everyone of all ages – it helps individuals back up their information in a cloud based manner, makes it easier and inspires collaboration amongst students when working on projects or sharing notes for a class, and can be used in a business setting to drive business results. P2P, otherwise known as peer-to-peer distribution or file sharing, allows individuals to share documents, information, videos, and other forms of media and information through connecting to another computer and database that is connected to the network. An example of a P2P site is the Pirate Bay, a P2P portal with millions of unique daily users that illegally distributes movies and other forms of media. The NMA staff discusses in “Conten

Privacy in regards to new media is an area of concern for many and continues to be something that is difficult to control. Prior to new media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. it would be extremely difficult to find information out about your friends unless they explicitly shared it with you. Now, with an increase of connectivity amongst individuals we can see more information openly available to the public without any kind of permission or difficulty accessing. On things like our Facebook pages, we can see basic information about ourselves that if someone is looking to find more information about you, they can do that easily. Additionally, some social media platforms allow you to track your friends and have started making it easier to see what your friends are up to without them knowing that they’re being tracked. An example of this would be Snapchat with one of their new updates which essentially allows the app to use your location services to se