I have been busy the past few months running around (some would say like a headless chicken!) speaking with hundreds of people from all walks of life.
From a 90 year old war veteran to a world famous sportsman, from the head of Sky News to a news anchor for Bloomberg, frequent bloggers to heavy twitter users, facebook addicts and those that still use myspace, from self-employed builders to FMCG CEO’s there is one thing in common, everyone is seeing a change in media with blogging and social media changing the way we are presented with news and information.
For example, the 90 year old complained that his weekly local newspaper no longer carried a lot of news, the sportsman wanted to be more in control of his media coverage and had become an active twitter user to clear incorrect news regarding his private life. It seems there will be some huge changes next year, Murdoch is threatening to “pull out of” google and local newspapers seem unable to get online, broadcasters are looking more and more at streaming as their traditional revenues weaken..
Yet one thing seems to remain consistent, bloggers are blogging, twitter users are twittering and the news is becoming more instantaneous because of us. Mobile phones (cellphones) are a key to these changes and as the iPhone has shown, we simply love presenting our world whether from a twitpic or speedy wordpress blog post on the go..
I had to give a statement last week and the question was “What do you think will happen with old and new media in the next year”..it made me think.
I am curious to know what you think?
Where will we be this time next year?
Please leave a comment below, it will be interesting to see who was nearest, this time next year!
Dunno mate …… I’m just going to carry on as normal and try not to get diverted too much …….. too much jumping around from here to there, experimenting with new stuff, is just confusing for everyone ……. probably my age ………
No doubt we will all be more and more social. Right now I have a terrific interaction between my blog (even if I haven written a line there since ages) and my Facebook account.
Why has Facebook made it so big? Simply said, it has an enormous advantage over all other social networks: it’s multimedial! Indeed there are other multimedial social networks, but they are not as simple to use as FB is, and anyway, you know anyone you may need to contact is already there.
So were are we going to be next year? Facebook and Twitter will share between themselves users Those looking for a place to show off and those looking for a practical media to use. This unless someone comes with something that much better and better packaged.
It is feasible, but it takes resources, people, skill and lots of money. Anyone ready to take the risk?
Alex
interesting question? I thought that electronic book thingy-me-jig would have caught on but I still see peeps on the train with the old faithful paperbacks.
I still prefer to read a newspaper than one on line but I am always way behind with technology and can’t get along with the internet on my phone at all… so were will we be next year?? who knows
I believe I’m quite up to date with technology, but I too prefer real paper books. They look so good in your library after you’ve read them. Not the same way round with newspapers, though. Reading them on a monitor is usually fair than enough…
Alex
I think we will see a decline in blogging. It’s happening already, with people preferring to use fb and twitter instead of blog. The people who will be grateful for this are the therapists/counselors, who will get some clients back when those who use their blogs as therapy become frustrated that no one is commenting to either help them sort things out or validate their feelings… and so go back for traditional help.
(A wee bit tongue in cheek for sure, but there is a thing happening… everyone is noticing it.)
I don’t know if the kindle-type thing will really go where they hoped because even lovers of the internet who read their news almost totally online now (like me) still want a book when it comes to reading. There’s something about that. Dropping a kindle into the bath is probably bad for it, it just doesn’t feel like ‘curling up with a book in bed’ to read on a screen, and no one is ever interested in stealing your book whereas I’d worry about forgetting my kindle on a bus seat.
I think we’ll be closer to watching television exclusively online instead of the old fashioned way too.
But what do I know? I thought melon ads were a good idea. LOL.
Quite realistic. Yet it all depends on motivations and of the success you get from your blog.
Alex
AAA I am a bookworm and yes a nice collection of books on the shelf (or shelves and more shelves) looks fab… don’t really read the press much I must admit, too much spin and half truths for my liking but one advantage of the e versions is no grubby hands or smudges on your face after reading it lol
Dear Frac .. you could be right about the demise of the blog certainly the quick in and out of other social network type things seem to be becoming more popular….
I wonder though whether ‘real life’ may make a come back the year after next? Just a thought??
Oh p.s. thanks for reminding me it is a ‘kindle’ and no I think reading it in the bath is a definite no no
@70s teen: Real life? In Italy live social networks are quite big recently, but I wonder how many of them will actually last. But to me real life means dining in a good restaurant, going to a concert, meeting friend in a pub, all things that my age and my physical condition make quite hard (I hardly can walk and I need someone to drive me around). Thus, virtual life supplies a lot of the social relatinos I’m forced to miss…
Alex
When the post went live i was a #140conf – I kinda hope that I’m there again in a years time – I’d like to be working in Social Media (or as a customer service rep using Social Media on a day to day basis)
Kindles: fad. The bubble will burst.
Next year: Putting off plans on sitting down with President Obama for problem solving brainstorming, I have to meet with Florida’s Governor first out of all fairness to him and his issues.
Someone will take the bait and I’ll have sex with a real woman.
Two out of three ain’t bad.
@ JohnC: No, I don’t think so. It will certainly slow down, but that’s it… About real women: find one first…
Alex
@JohnC – Perhaps you should visit the tackle shop and ask for advice about whether or not you’re using the right bait?
I’d put off plans for a meeting with Obama too. After all… he drinks beer.
@Alex: Finding them isn’t a problem. Finding ‘eligible’ ones=difficulty.
@fracas: Facial follicles have the tendency of retaining odor when slapped with bait quality shrimp…don’t ask. She ‘was’ cute though.
He might drink beer but the twittering points to him being down to earth in some respects. There’s still hope.
@JohnC – Obama has never actually ‘twittered’ at all, unless you’re referring to stuttering or something. If you refer to the use of twitter, then no.. his twitter account is actually just peons tweeting for him. Not too long ago, I retweeted a link to a video of him admitting he didn’t tweet because ‘his thumbs are too big for that’.
ROFL. I’m sure we all realize he meant that his thumbs are too big for ‘texting’ but it also shows he’s not as savvy as his staff have led us all to believe. And hey.. since everyone made such a big deal misinterpreting what McCain said about email, it’s only fair to make sure Obama gets his 15 minutes of ‘numnuts’ fame too.
Regarding your shrimp problem…
Shave first? If that’s not possible… try have the shrimp on a stick. Somewhere I read that everything’s better on a stick.
ROFL