It hard to forecast the future of new media. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn were all created within the last ten year and multiple new media tools seam to be introduced on a daily basis. The current uses of new media are to connect with friends, build professional networks, and discover new things.
I think new media will shift towards putting together all of the uses of current new media tools. People use different social media sites because they have different purposes. This creates a barrier and Instagram is one of the better platforms for sharing pictures or Twitter is the best use of a micro blog, people are not allowed to share everything to everyone in their network or expand their network outside of the platforms they use.
An issue with a single platform is privacy, however I think whichever new media platform that is the leader of the shift will have better privacy and security measures than all of the current platforms. While its hard to tell what this platform may be or when its coming, I think new media will ultimately bring all the functions of current new media together.
I don't think there is really a way to totally monopolize new media. I don't think one application is capable of having each 'tool' needed in today's social media world. The pie is too large so to speak. Also, I firmly believe it's much better to be fantastic at one specific thing rather then decent/good at many others.
ReplyDeleteI think the success of platforms such as Instagram and Twitter is because they stemmed off of the issue you mentioned, 'People are not allowed to share everything with everyone.' That was a main problem on FaceBook, where statuses and pictures became overly saturated and lost significance. But pictures thrive on Instagram and status updates thrive on Twitter. So combining them wouldn't necessarily be successful. That's just my opinion though
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