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What will new media look like in 10 or even 20 years from now?

By Atikah Zainal A'abidin 2009179817

It’s amazing how fast the Internet is moving. The evolution of Search Engines, online shopping, communication, and content delivery has changed the way we live our lives.  Now-days whatever you wanted to buy or do in real life, you can do online.  If you want to buy a car go to AutoTrader.com, if you wanted to buy a laptop just search Hp.com, if you want to buy a pair of jeans go to Gap.com.

Probably the biggest changes over the last 5 years or so are clearly the evolution of Social Media. Even though Instant Messaging and social networks have been around for probably 10 years now, it has only been in the last 3-5 years, that is has really become mainstream as people’s main source for connecting with friends, family and co-workers.  The all mighty Facebook will basically tell you anything you would like to know about a person and provide you instant access to millions of people. The power of social media has transformed the web into something incredible. It gives people the facility to connect with other like minded people and share their understanding and experiences instantly.

We can only imagine what the internet will be like in 5, 10, 20 years from now.  It is growing at such a speedy pace, that it is almost impossible to keep up with. We also believe that TV, Internet and phone will engage into one super communication tool, where we will be able use any of these platforms through one main border. Things like Radio, TV, Movies, and Gaming will all be real-time.  We don’t need to buy new games or CDs where we can just access these things in real-time through the web. 

Who knows if we would not need to use our computers for social networking? Every device we use from our cars to our toothbrushes will be linked to our social network and information about us, our location, our likes and dislikes and the status of each of the equipment, hardware or software we use will be available to our friends and co-workers through our social network. We will also be able to block information from those who do not need to know it more effectively.

However, predicting the future is always challenging no matter what the subject matter is. It’s hard to enlarge our minds beyond what we’ve already seen and experienced yet everyday someone gets a little closer to the next best invention or innovation. Social media functions are working hard to join together products and services with fundamental strategies in hopes of producing important results. As the old saying goes, “We’re only as limited as our imagination”.

So what will the future look like in ten years?

Source :
• http://www.silentblade.com/presentations/Tingoy_Bostan.pdf
• http://bigthink.com/ideas/15834
• http://heidicohen.com/future-of-social-media/