Monday, June 2, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Final blog prompt - Next Media?
I think that the direction that media is going has the potentially to have a reverse effect on what is expected of it. What I mean to say is that right now it is seen as something that will push people apart. That it has the potential to pull people together in person, rather than push them apart. It has been proven to work in regards to the music industry - advertising shows through the internet tends to improve the amount of attendance. This is due to the fact that it is quicker and easier to spread words-of-mouse instead of word-of-mouth. The text is always there and available to be reread and double checked. Also, most e-vite programs and even the event feature that is embedded in FaceBook allows for the host of the event to send messages and updates to all of the people that they or their friends have put on to the guest list.This ability to arrange events and even coordinate dinners and lunch plans makes it easier for people who otherwise are too busy to both schedule things and actually have time to go to them.
Another reason that this is most likely going to serve as a tool to further unity and connections between people is the communities that are available online. It doesn't matter your global position, your physical appearance, the connection that tend to be made are on a deeper and less superficial level. Granted there are still the creepy people and the people that are going to judge others - but the number of people that we are able to connect to has increased exponentially.
The internet also allows for people who wouldn't otherwise open up to have friendships and relationships that others who can manage them in person think of as trivial or fake. This potential, this ability to connect with people on a deeper level because of the lack of barriers that sitting in front of a computer creates.
So, to the bigger question - what do I think will happen in 10? 20? 50 years? I think that the planet will gradually become connect through this universal language that allows us all to connect, to widen our scope on what life can be. Soon, the economies will level out, perhaps with a common currency - the realization that the reality in front of us is a planet of people. That the separations that we put between us are there because we haven't taken the time to let people show us who they are, rather than assume who they are.
I think that the status of celebrity will lessen. We'll be able to see that everyone around us is talented in their own way and deserves our praise, support, and encouragement. The struggle to be seen will lessen, while there is the risk that we'll all want to be able to have alone time and our privacy - at least everyone to be on the same page. We'll be able to assist developing countries and realize that the people in them aren't the ones that are developing - they are already imbued with the same level of knowledge and potential that everyone else on the planet it. People will learn that to live simply means to be - the desire to impress will lessen, while the desire and drive to be ourselves will become more common place. I think that with blogs and social networking sites that people will gradually become more open-minded regarding being open with each other, with realizing that they have the right to speak their mind and stand up for what they believe in, while still respecting others around them. There is moderation in all things, so I doubt that we'll have chips implanted, or have computers and the internet physically integrated into our physical beings.
However, I am fairly certain that it, or some evolution of it, will remain integrated into our daily lives and the things that it will allow us to do, to bring forth, will prove to be worth it in the end. These are still the infant stages. The internet isn't even a toddler yet - as it grows, what it will offer and how it will shape the world around us will grow and change with it.
Another reason that this is most likely going to serve as a tool to further unity and connections between people is the communities that are available online. It doesn't matter your global position, your physical appearance, the connection that tend to be made are on a deeper and less superficial level. Granted there are still the creepy people and the people that are going to judge others - but the number of people that we are able to connect to has increased exponentially.
The internet also allows for people who wouldn't otherwise open up to have friendships and relationships that others who can manage them in person think of as trivial or fake. This potential, this ability to connect with people on a deeper level because of the lack of barriers that sitting in front of a computer creates.
So, to the bigger question - what do I think will happen in 10? 20? 50 years? I think that the planet will gradually become connect through this universal language that allows us all to connect, to widen our scope on what life can be. Soon, the economies will level out, perhaps with a common currency - the realization that the reality in front of us is a planet of people. That the separations that we put between us are there because we haven't taken the time to let people show us who they are, rather than assume who they are.
I think that the status of celebrity will lessen. We'll be able to see that everyone around us is talented in their own way and deserves our praise, support, and encouragement. The struggle to be seen will lessen, while there is the risk that we'll all want to be able to have alone time and our privacy - at least everyone to be on the same page. We'll be able to assist developing countries and realize that the people in them aren't the ones that are developing - they are already imbued with the same level of knowledge and potential that everyone else on the planet it. People will learn that to live simply means to be - the desire to impress will lessen, while the desire and drive to be ourselves will become more common place. I think that with blogs and social networking sites that people will gradually become more open-minded regarding being open with each other, with realizing that they have the right to speak their mind and stand up for what they believe in, while still respecting others around them. There is moderation in all things, so I doubt that we'll have chips implanted, or have computers and the internet physically integrated into our physical beings.
However, I am fairly certain that it, or some evolution of it, will remain integrated into our daily lives and the things that it will allow us to do, to bring forth, will prove to be worth it in the end. These are still the infant stages. The internet isn't even a toddler yet - as it grows, what it will offer and how it will shape the world around us will grow and change with it.
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