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Media Ubiquity: Navigating the New New Media Universe Julie Blitzer WAM! It Yourself NYC Conference Saturday, March 27, 2010

Media Ubiquity: Navigating the *New* New Media Universe

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A Brief Presentation from the WAM! (Women, Action and the Media) Mini Conference Held at New York's Hive at 55 on March 27, 2010.Part of a panel entitled "Emerging Media Technologies"I attempt to answer the question: There is an overload of sources for media and information that is constantly updated. How do you filter to read only what's necessary?

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Media Ubiquity: Navigating the New New Media Universe

Julie BlitzerWAM! It Yourself NYC Conference

Saturday, March 27, 2010

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http://xkcd.com/256

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Media Follows Us Everywhere

• Email (and now Buzz)• Social Media• Mobile• Reading Devices:

Kindle, iPad• Even on Plane Flights• Print

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What’s New in New Media?

Everyone Is Mobile Location-based Services

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Audience Poll: Are you using FourSquare or Gowalla?

• Do they help promote your work at all?• Safety and security risks?

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Media is Everywhere. Do we have to use it all the time?

That’s up to you. (I don’t.)

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Avoiding the overload

Don’t try to read everything.

(confession: this is my account.)

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Tips & Tricks

• Twitter: Use lists, TweetDeck, HootSuite or another service to follow only what matters.

• Twitter: searches for your issues.• Email lists: Let your peers read everything and

tell you what matters.• Google Reader and Buzz: Good if you check

often.