Showing posts with label the future of the news media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the future of the news media. Show all posts

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Epic 2014?


So i watched this video instead of doing a reading because it's Easter today and i didn't feel like reading anything, plus i was playing halo so i could just listen while i killed people...

But anyway, that video kind of freaked me out a little because it definitely seemed like a real possibility to me. I rely heavily on the internet to get news, and rarely look at a newspaper (maybe twice a week, maybe). Looking online for news allows me to multi-task better, like check e-mail while instant messaging and texting but also checking my facebook while getting all the news i need and watching sportscenter (gotta love being able to have more than one tab per window). By using the internet i can get a lot more done than having to worry about folding a newspaper correctly.

And i don't think i'm the only one that operates like this, so if companies like google and amazon were to merge they could easily get a strangle hold on how the news is relayed to internet users and do exactly what this video suggests. Scary yes, but only because it's possible.