What is the media world going to look like in the next five years?
I believe that Facebook and Google will still be major
contributors to the world of social media in five years. I believe both
companies are innovative and have also learned to listen and collaborate with
their users. I believe Twitter will also be on the forefront because even
though it has the 140 word limit, it is enough to get you to the next link they
may attach to their tweet.
Tim Berners-Lee is working on project that will make it
easier to share information across platforms by establishing compatibility
among software formats and classifying information on the Web in a formal
system that all computers will understand. I think this will bring us even more power of
the web, but as the information stated, how we use social media tools that we
have at our fingertips is in the power to engage it and use it in a productive and
efficient way.
I believe with this developing technology, the “prosumer”
will have more choices than they have ever had. I believe the media sources
will be able to gather information and know almost exactly who to advertise and
what to advertise which some are already doing. Amazon has done some of this
when you order through their website. The technology is there now with the smartphones
as indicated in our reading that can detect where you are in the supermarket
and alert you to a sell exactly where you are.
I know that the Netflix is the entertainment source that I
have heard people using recently. It was a company that was innovative with their
technology in incorporating the web into its user services. I believe it will be a company that will be
around in five years and in more homes that it currently is now.
I think Twitter will also be around as one of the news
sources because of the links the tweets can provide about what is going on in
the world. There is enough information provided in order to get you to click
the link to go on to the next topic or to find out more. I believe that the
news will be more tailored for what the consumer is really concerned about
versus what the producers of the show determine to air through the TV. I
believe it gives the consumers the ability to only view what is important to
them. I can see that media sources today are making things more interactive
during their shows.
Google is a company that has been around since 1995 and
continues to innovate and grow in the services that it provides. It hasn’t
gotten involved in the social media aspect as strong as Facebook but has begun
that with their google+ social media site. I believe it will be a company that
will be around in five years and providing more access to media sources than it
does now. While working on this paper I
clicked on the google store within my gmail account and it took me to a host of
applications that ranged from games to movies to news, business tools and education. Google has provided the google drive that
allows the collaboration of the Microsoft office programs of Word, Excel, Power
Point and even drawing program. Do I think this company will be here in five years,
and my answer is yes!
Do I think Facebook will be here in five years, again I
would say yes! They are learning to collaborate with their viewing audience and
engage them on their projects.
Another social networking site is LinkedIn. I believe it is
a powerful networking source for the business world. You can be a part of the
field you work, but also other fields that you may be interested. I believe it
can be a place that will help you to gain knowledge that you might not have
access to any other way.
As indicated in our reading, the social media aspect of the
web has just evolved over the last 10 years and it transforming the world we
live it quickly!
