Guest lecture

1. Mobile and the Future of News
AJ Barrett
Briggs Ch 1-5, insights or in-sites

2. Self Quiz
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We know that a technology has become effective when
we start __________________________.
Every college journalist should have a ______.
_____________ focuses community power on a specific
project. Examples include finding instances of voting
problems or mapping potholes on city streets.
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Everyone is a _________________.
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_________ is the most popular microblogging service.
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Today's journalist simply packs a ____________.

3. Alphabet soup

4. Chapter 1
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Technology has become effective when we start
TAKING IT FOR GRANTED
Consider how browsers work...
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Request to server, returns page
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Info is cached for easy retrieval
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Plugins and extensions enhance

5. More soup
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RSS
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Google news, alerts
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My yahoo
Other apps, like Flipboard
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Hidden from you now, in CMS or file managers
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It's what you do when you upload a pic to FB
FTP

6. More soup
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HTML
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Content
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Why know it?
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Customize WordPress, etc.
CSS
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Presentation
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W3
CSS ZenGarden
XML
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Data based, semantic web

7. Bits, bytes

8. Implications
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Tera, peta, yotta = gotta mean BIG DATA
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Larger files in our future
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Cell plan limits vs. retinal displays
APIs
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The open sourcing of the Web

9. A Byte more Tech-info
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Internet is the biggie
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Web, email, FTP, etc. are all parts of the biggie
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Servers feed the browsers
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URL = web address
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IP = a numeric and unique identifier
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Surpassed IP and moved to IP2 etc. (growth)

10. Blogs

11. Chapter 2
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Every college journalist should have a BLOG
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Develop community
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Facilitate conversation
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Find credible sources
LINK LINK LINK
Blogs are hard work
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24-7, frequently update, etc.

12. Parts
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Posts = news
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Body
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Headline
Comment area
Pages = Static info
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Contact, policies, etc.
Sidebars, headers, footers
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Timeless or timely
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RSS, etc.

13. To think about...
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Find a niche
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Go hyperlocal
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Make it personal (unique voice)
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Online style
READ blogs to write blogs
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Worthy examples
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Techcrunch, HuffPo, Mashable etc.
Traffic surpasses Front Page in desirability

14. Elements of a post
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Killer lede
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Nut graf
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Walkoff
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Links
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Pullouts
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Fact boxes
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Summaries
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Lists

15. Terms
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Permalink
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Trackback
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Blogroll

16. Tips
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Loads of good info at the end of the chapter
A blog, like any website, shows the user
immediately what it's about
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Tagline, site description, etc
PPPPPPs
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Post, participate, promote (pin), personality, pull
(RSS)
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Write scan-able
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Link, summarize and analyze

17. Customizing
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Jrnl 396 - WordPress
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Take your own photos
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Or learn about copyright
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Electronic Freedom Forum
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Screenshots (cmd + shift + 4)
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Open clipart library

18. Collaborative Publishing

19. Chapter 3
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CROWDSOURCING focuses community power
on a specific project such as voting problems or
mapping potholes.
Google Fusion
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A tool to bring a spreadsheet into map or table
formats
Public Insight Network
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Database of sources

20. Crowdfunding
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Spot.US
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Deserves a look

21. Open Source Reporting
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Transparency
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Aids credibility
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Builds relationships
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Going public with story ideas early and inviting
readers to help
Builds brand loyalty
Downsides
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Mass amateurization
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Rumor milling

22. More terms
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Beat blogging
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Link and other forms of Editor Curation
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Drudge
Storify
Pro-Am journalism
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iReport
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Everyone is a MEDIA OUTLET
Citizen Journalism
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Neighborhoods, schools = Events, Print $$$

23. Microblogging

24. Chapter 4
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Breaking news
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What's happening NOW
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Mobile distribution and consumption
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In 140 characters or less
Popular!
TWITTER is the most popular microblogging
service
Social media is a core competency

25. Examples abound
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Crowdsourcing and citizen journalists
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Brought us
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Arab Spring
Mumbai bombings
Twitpics like Sully's plane on the Hudson
“Face of” an organization
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Colonel Trib
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Branding

26. Discussion points
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Does twitter have a place in the courtroom?
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Autopilot tweeting
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Like “Shovelware” no no no
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BE HUMAN
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BE RELEVANT, TIMELY
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Follow
Retweet
Beware of spambots
Inform, instruct, interact, LINK!
80-20 RULE

27. Terms
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DM
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RT
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@
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#
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Bitly or other tiny url helpers

28. Downside
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Present Shock
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Good read on Politico
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http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/how
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Reacting inhibits us from getting anything
done?
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Be wary of clutter

29. Mobile

30. Chapter 5
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Today's journalist simply packs a SMART
PHONE
The terms mojo and backpacker are falling from
use
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Nothing so special about that any more
History repeats itself
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Major news orgs dropping ball on this
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Just as they dropped the ball on Web
Shovelphone – yeesh

31. Growth
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http://www.businessinsider.com/what-the-massive-grow
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http://www.smartinsights.com/mobile-marketing/mobile
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http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Cell-Internet
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Kind of obvious, yes?

32. Production
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Tips
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Close range shooting works
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Camera doesn't always get full picture
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Don't tweet every tiny development
Standard for photo is GOOD ENOUGH
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Add words = good reporting still needed
Journalism first
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Orientation landscape for videos
Immediacy trumps production values
Include users mobile sharing, too

33. Consumption
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Think like the mobile user
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Wall of text=death
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Headings and other cues
Connect users
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GPS
CoveritLive
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Stay basic with information
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Keep multimedia small file sizes first
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Don't freeze my phone or cost me plan $
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(give me a choice)

34. Anyone
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Smart phone
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A few accessory lenses, tripod
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Voice type
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Add a few apps
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Decent list of these in Briggs but they are
always changing
Check out sites like Ban.jo
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Ustream, Qik, Livestream, etc.

35. Everyone
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Have backup plans
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Have backup power supply
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Security
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Fact check (metadata)

36. The Future... AJ's crystal ball

37. On body
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Wrist is in again
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Fad or Future?
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Outlook watch mid 1990s
Kapture, a modern audio recorder
Needs fashion to attract women?
Production vs Consumption
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Ideal for micro-consumer
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Bluetooth dependent vs independent
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Pros-cons of “interruptive” technology (News
McNugget)
NY Minute, BBC Instafax
Not 4G or HD yet – but waterproof
Undercover investigative potential
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Flipside = privacy

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Smart watch and future of digital news
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http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/smartwatches-and-t
Google Glass and journalism
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http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/couldgoogle-glass-change-the-face-ofjournalism-/s2/a555596/

39. On body
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Google glass
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HuffPo says it's doomed before we even get a
chance to try it (a suppressor of communication)
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The camera is promising for film and journalism
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MORE promising for the porn industry
RELATED, ultimately to developments in
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CONVERSATIONAL SEARCH
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(no keyboard! No mouse!)

40. Greener
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Body heat as a charger
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Breathing as a charger
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Flexible “sapphire” glass
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Apple's solar charging future
Fewer devices requiring power?
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Less mouse usage
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Keyboards as rollups, addons

41. Security or Job Insecurity
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More new tech
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Fingerprint sensors and Touch ID
What am I smelling?
The beginnings of sixthsense
Body enhancement suits
VR, augmented reality
3D printing
Robotic replacements?
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Will Watson write the news stories?
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Traditional stories (beginning, middle, end) gone
Mashups and endless epics
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Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad

42. Limitations?
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Moore's “law” predicted
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Doubling of transistors every two years
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Some say that thanks to the doubling
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redoubling happens faster and faster
At first...
Some predict we must hit saturation points

43. Limitations?
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Moore's “law” predicted
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Doubling of transistors every two years
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Some say that thanks to the doubling
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redoubling happens faster and faster
At first...
Some predict we must hit saturation points

44. Potential problems
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EPIC 2015
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WWGD = What will Google do?
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Not googlezon but GoogleSung?
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Why buy NEST?
Yet another alliance to ensure profitability
IMPORTANT VIDEO
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Filter bubble, Eli Pariser, Ted Talks
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“the internet is showing us what it thinks we want
to see... but not necessarily what we need to see”

45. Problems?
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Has technology killed lasting movements?
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Would MLK tweet today instead of marching?
Tea Party vs Occupy
Eyes Everywhere
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Great for CSIs, bad for privacy
Data by which we are all known
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My ads were from Bank of America
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Leading the way with new insights for the future
Does this pair with the article or ME?

46. Problems of ownership
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Net Neutrality
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The cloud
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Who owns what you put there?

47. Paying for journalism
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Disruption = opportunity for entrepreneurship
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Examples of new revenue sources
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Events
Services
Examples of conflict in the model
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Native ads
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Paid content
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Popularity payments (AdSense)

48. Money and change
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New takes on old institutions
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Bitcoin
Barter
Who is the next dinosaur?
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Brick and mortar Universities
Utility companies
The News?
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EPIC predicted news would become a shallow
collection of trivia, rumors, etc.,
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because that's what consumers demanded

49. Money and change
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New takes on old institutions
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Bitcoin
Barter
Who is the next dinosaur?
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Brick and mortar Universities
Utility companies
The News?
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EPIC predicted news would become a shallow
collection of trivia, rumors, etc.,
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because that's what consumers demanded

50. 
Beyond EPIC 2015
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The web exacerbates our communication
tendencies
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People who are talented and passionate should
survive
Tasks such as video will continue to be easier to
do
EPIC attempted to describe us as we are
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Cheap and easy distribution has opened
publishing
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Remix has challenged copyright

51. Resources
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Sites to surf
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Techcrunch
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GigaOm
Buzzfeed
Ted Talks:
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“media with meaning” playlist
“our digital lives” playlist
“What does the future look like” playlist
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2014 Predictions
Kevin Kelly's “Next 5,000 days of the web”
Mark Citron's “And now the real news”