Glimpses: Media and technology
Communications technology: A reflection or driver of social trends?
In this section we look at the pace and direction of innovation across media channels. We also pose the questions about control, power and, most importantly the social implications of a changing media landscape.
The section covers newspapers, magazines, books, radio, television, the World Wide Web, Cd’s and Mp3’s, Gaming and, of course all that is mobile.
- Mobile Phones – the swiss army knife of life
- Internet – continuing to drive connectedness
- Media as entertainment, the undulating popularity of ‘traditional’ channels
- Will the pace of innovation and adoption increase?
- Traditional needs drive innovation
- Will innovation be open-source or are the media giants waking up?
- Is immediacy the ‘holy grail’ of social interaction?
- Understanding the new digital divide
- Who is in control...does the blogger really hold power?
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