Wednesday, 11 April 2012

How do you think social media will change in the future? What other trends would you add to the mix? Are they any specific technologies that you think will gain popularity or emerge?



I think there are big changes ahead for social media. I looked back on my social media timeline earlier today and I noticed the leaps that it has made in the time social media has been around. Although I still use some of what is considered obsolete forms of social media, even they have evolved to meet the changing needs of its users today.
It seems that we rely on social media for everything these days. We connect with friends and family using social media; we apply for jobs, and hear about the current events from social media. We are even using social media to find our significant others.
Social media has changed the way we communicate which has forced technology to keep up by allowing us to access our social media tools from anywhere! The creation of lap tops and tablets and smart phones has allowed us to continue to be a 24/7 society.
Where do I see social media going? I see new forms of social media being created and current social media outlets evolving to meet our ever changing needs.  As we are introduced to more, we expect more. What trends do I see happening? I see that we will eventually have no need for office space. It sounds ridiculous but we are headed that way. With the technology we have and the communication tools we are developing we will all be working from home. When I was about ten years old (in 1990) the personal computer began to gain popularity. It was rare for homes to have one and if you did you were one of the lucky ones. Now a day it is seen as ridiculous if you don’t have one. My daughter’s school allows them to bring their lap tops to school if they have one. She is ten. She has a net book.
I can definitely see that in our near future we won’t have to leave the couch for a job interview. You can use the internet and social media to find out basically everything you need to know about someone. We put everything on the internet.

3 comments:

  1. social media is going to control our world but i disagree that we are not going to need office space. Also i don't think that we will be sitting in couches for our interview you will still need the face to face interview to meet the people.

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  2. I totally agree with your post and I love hoe you bring up the idea about how eventually people are going to be turning away from offices and working more at home as they have the technology to do it. Most of the things know a day are all online so really why would you have to go to work every day to work at a computer where you can access all of our work through your personal computer. It’s really crazy to see how quickly the use of technology continues to increase from time to time and it really makes us all wonder as to what to expect next and what the next innovation may be to evolve into something big such as social media tools like Facebook, Twitter etc. Overall I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading your post!

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  3. Do we ever unplug? You are very right Amanda we are a 24/7 society. The idea of no longer having a need for office space was a light bulb moment for me, wow how we have evolved how we do business. Thank you for the post.

    Stephanie

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