Through my course in Social Media Informatics what I view as social media has changed and I increased my awareness of possible social media to use. There are a few tools I had not thought of as social media but now it is obvious that these things are, in fact, social. This includes wikis and certain games (like Farmville, Candy Crush, and Scrabble). Also, there are a TON more tools out there I have never even heard of. I explored pearltrees in an earlier post and also found a great summary of useful projected social media innovations for this year.
I really only want to be mildly more social in the online realm. I will always guard my privacy. In the world of the Internet, cell phones, and social media there is no true privacy but I will protect my personal information as best I can. If bestowed the trust and honor of being in charge of the social media presence for an organization I will post, tweet, and share like crazy acting as a representative of the entity. But as myself, there will be a limited audience and careful sharing.
Of course I realize I will be using social media in some form as a librarian. I believe that successful librarians help each other and there already are many helpful librarians on twitter, in facebook groups, and more that I will seek out when I reenter the library world.
So, I cannot say that my view of social media has changed. I can say that I learned more about social media- many of its forms and options. Most importantly, I will need to keep up with developments in social media continually because it is here to stay.
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