My Thoughts of how the media world will be for most people five years from now.

The media has evolved extremely fast in the past five years. From the beginning with traditional media which was a broadcast model of one-to-many to today’s social media which is many-to-many in communication. The growth of media and how it delivers communication has broadened immensely. From the beginning of social media, the email was one of the first uses of the internet. The email allowed people to communicate easily with the capabilities of sending messages to more than one person made it a powerful communication tool. Emailing now has expanded to including mail lists but it has its drawbacks. Social networking sites and online gaming took over as the most popular use of the internet in 2008. This developed by new technology outlets of communication on the internet with a broader group of people. As discussion boards and web forums became popular modes of communication which shows how users are firmly rooted to certain aspects of social media on the Internet. Chat room then opened other outlets that allowed individuals ways to communicate in real time with one another. AS this type conversation lead sometimes to confusion among individuals and chat rooms brought interactive ways to audiences with a certain focus on a topic. As social media evolves and new means of communication through the internet continue to improve, I see media in the world five years from now to allow people to collaborate and to continue to produce new materials available to other users. The legal and ethical issues within media will need to begin advancing as they are presently behind. I believe this area will be a main focus to consumers in how their involvement on the internet is perceived and utilized as intellectual property. Privacy within the social media will be a revolving door as individuals continue to post personal information on public sites. Sharing of information among platforms will continue to grow as the amount of data or information will be processed among individuals.  Media companies will be important for how people are able to access their information. These individuals will access their news, entertainment and other media content through mobile devices. According to Mobile Industry Standards, 56% of American adults are smartphone owners (Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2013), and the number of US mobile coupon users will rise from 12.3 million in 2010 to 53.2 million in 2014, driven by the rapid adoption of smartphones (Source: eMarketer, 2013). The statistics have shown the use of smartphones will continue to rise and the use of the internet will be the main source of information for all users. For media companies to comply with the needs of society, they will need to continue to be on the edge with new technology by offering to consumers what is needed in society.

About Me

I am a senior at Appalachian State University, full-time mother of four beautiful children and a full-time employee. I am setting up this blog for my Internet Communication class.