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.
