Our world has changed and information is passed among
people like a runaway fire. We have seen it. Newspapers struggle to adjust and
the "television networks" have found that they must be a part of the
social media world or fall into extinction. The social media is not just for
the news, people keep up to date on events, friends, family and almost anyone
they want. Writers, actors, artist, and others have turned to the social media
to attract people to their work.
This month, Coffee with David is giving away New
New Media. In New New Meida, author and Professor of Communication
& Media Studies at Fordham University Paul Levinson will take you on a tour
of : YouTube, blogging, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Second Life and other
“new new media” are transforming just about every aspect of our culture from
the way we elect Presidents to how we watch television. New New Media
details the benefits, opportunities, and dangers of these transformations.
On April 7th, I will post a Coffee with David
interview with Paul.
If you are in St. Louis, I will be part of a panel
(or the entire panel) of a workshop on blogging, given by the St. Louis Writers
Guild on May 5th. I will be discussing this book as a part of my presentation.
Watch www.stlwritersguild.org, Saint Louis Writers Guild
on Facebook, and on twitter @STLwritersguild. Announcements
will appear later in April.
How do you win a free signed copy of this book?
To enter the contest, simply leave a comment or question on the Coffee with
David blog between now (April 1st) and midnight April 30, 2012. Please
include your email so I can reach you if you win. The more comments you leave,
the greater your chance of winning the contest. If you refer others to
Coffee with David who mention your name in their comments, I'll enter your name
again in our random number generator along with theirs, also increasing your
chances at winning! The winner will be chosen after midnight on Monday April
30, and the announcement made on Sunday, April 1st, when I will post the next
contest. Good luck and comment often.
Next week, I will bring the next segment in the
series "Writing the Fight Scene" blogs. Emails I have received asking
questions have led to future blog posts. So, keep the comments or emails
coming and I will answer you by email and/or make the question and answer a
blog entry in this series.
Thank you for reading and please visit www.davidalanlucas.com
and www.thewriterslens.com. You can also follow me
on twitter @Owlkenpowriter and the Writer’s Lens @TheWritersLens. Fiction is
the world where the philosopher is the most free in our society to explore the
human condition as he chooses.
Hey Paul!!
ReplyDeleteHopin you are doing as well as I feel I am!!
Enter me in the contest - I'd LOVE to read another of your stories.
Reggie Baker
As a new writer publishing through a small press that only has web presence, I'm finding the world of New, New Media is critical. The problem is that it's hard to enter this world when it's one you've never cared to explore. Now, as a writer of paperback and e-books only available through the web, it's been critical to dive in head first. I'll be looking forward to the April 7th interview with Paul. BTW...my name is Barbara Weitz. Please enter me into the contest. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI ammazed at the incredible rise of social media for such a variety of purposes and its popularity. Who heard of Pinterest just a few months ago? I'm anxiously awaiting the next development--what do we call it web 4.0?? I can't imagine what the next generation of development will be like?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it will be a blend of what we have already. Maybe instead of a web, we will have a mesh. Instead of separate social media forums (like Facebook, Secondlife, and so on) it will be a blended VR version. Or maybe, it will be even something we haven't imagined before. Could we have a vr version of ourselves constantly active while we go about the real world? We are still close to the birth point of social media. The future is exciting, but also scary as more and more of our personal (private) life becomes available in the cyber world.
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