Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Media in 2019


     Technology is getting smarter by the day.  How people access news and information has become easier and easier throughout the years.  From telling people stories, books and libraries, magazines, telegraphs, to the Internet, people are becoming lazier to access news.  People can access just about anything on the Internet.  I used to work at a local bookstore in downtown Lenoir.  A lot of people that came and asked if the price on the book was the actual price said they could get the book cheaper off of Amazon.  Even banking is online now so people don’t have to go to the bank.  Netflix is taking over video stores.  People are able to play games on their phones and computers instead of traditional board games.  Technology is taking over our minds.   
     Google and YouTube were not around 15 years ago.  Today, the World Wide Web and the Internet are challenging traditional news and redefining what news really means and how it is delivered.  News is becoming paperless and becoming more digital. People are going to want a handheld device telling them about the news.  There are phones and computers now that identify a person's fingertip to sign in. What if it fails to identify?  They are going to want key words, such as "Bomb" or "Thousands Killed", and lots of pictures.  People are not going to want to read a long article.  Eventually there will be no newspapers.  People will be able to pull up the news on their phone and immediately slide it to their sleeve and translate into anyone’s native language.  All a person will have to do is blink once for no and twice for yes to respond to their phone.  Eventually, cars will drive and park themselves so people really won’t have to do anything but check their phone for the latest news and updates.  
     Social media is also growing.  Just in the last 10 years, Facebook has grown from 1 million users to over a billion users. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube will be the most important to people instead of the regular daily or nightly news on TV.

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