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NewNetwork is a social media platform with personalized algorithms that aim for students connection

Designers

Laura Checa

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SUMMARY

I started identifying the lack of student social connect at the New School through my own experiences and similar stories from other students. As I kept researching, I realized this was a real problem that has been tried to solve. However, none of the solutions are working and I realized that it was because not a lot of them were permanent. Due to this, I created New Network, a social media platform with personalized AI algorithms that allows students to filter what type of information they see. This results in students getting a personalized feed of possible events, people and information that might interest them, and gives them the ability to connect with classmates.

challenge

I first transferred to the New school in 2022, and quickly felt the individualistic environment and lack of student interaction within the school. I also had many smaller scale questions and didn't really know where to look to get answers. As I've spent more time at the New School, I realized that many other students had similar experiences and realized that there wasn't a sense of community within the university.

Outcome

Students were looking for a more permanent solution in having the ability to connect socially with classmates and other students that wasn't being provided by the New School. Living in such a fast paced environment and way of living that we are used to today, we need to turn to the way our generation connects today: through social media, in order to expand our community and receive information we actually want. NewNetwork is a social media platform with personalized AI algorithms that allow students to filter what type of information they see. This results in students getting a personalized feed of possible events, people and information that might interest them