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This makes me wonder what the 'next big thing' will be after the internet. I watched this TedX Talk from Tomi Ahonen and I think he may be right in his 'mass m

by mentos 13y ago

This makes me wonder what the 'next big thing' will be after the internet. I watched this TedX Talk from Tomi Ahonen and I think he may be right in his 'mass media' perspective. 1st mass media: Print (500 years old) including books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, billboards etc 2nd mass media: Recordings (from 1890s) such as music records, videogames, videotapes and DVDs etc 3rd mass media: Cinema (from 1910s) 4th mass media: Radio (from 1920s) 5th mass media: Television (from 1950s) 6th mass media: Internet (from 1991) 7th mass media: Mobile (from 1998) 8th mass media: ? He makes the argument that augmented reality will be the next mass media and I think he is right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvyfHuKZGXU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvyfHuKZGXU

choult 13y ago
I wonder if one might describe coinage as the 0th mass medium - I seem to recall that for some people it was the most reliable way to determine that there was a new monarch.
officemonkey 13y ago
I think we may want to stick "Mail service" between 1 and 2. The ability to distribute printed matter by mail lead to magazines like the Saturday Evening Post being able to create a national identity in the United States.
solox3 13y ago
We are not that far technologically from being one collective sentient being, if we were all wired to the Internet using one of those chip implants. By then, think up a question and you will know it, spot a robbery and others will see it. If our society accepts the moral implications of assisted thinking, it can easily become the next mass media. http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/07/21/google-wants-to-implant-chips-into-our-brains/ http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/07/21/google-wants-to-i...
mratzloff 13y ago
Why is mobile a separate entry?
- pietro 13y ago
  For the same reason that cars are separate from trains. They enable completely different usages.
TrevorJ 13y ago
I think we are fast approaching a time when it makes less and less sense to draw boxes around different types of mass media.
chc 13y ago
What is the difference between Internet and Mobile? The only way in which mobile platforms work as mass media is through the Internet.

by mentos 13y ago

choult 13y ago

I wonder if one might describe coinage as the 0th mass medium - I seem to recall that for some people it was the most reliable way to determine that there was a new monarch.

officemonkey 13y ago

I think we may want to stick "Mail service" between 1 and 2. The ability to distribute printed matter by mail lead to magazines like the Saturday Evening Post being able to create a national identity in the United States.

solox3 13y ago

We are not that far technologically from being one collective sentient being, if we were all wired to the Internet using one of those chip implants. By then, think up a question and you will know it, spot a robbery and others will see it. If our society accepts the moral implications of assisted thinking, it can easily become the next mass media. http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/07/21/google-wants-to-implant-chips-into-our-brains/ http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/07/21/google-wants-to-i...

mratzloff 13y ago

Why is mobile a separate entry?

pietro 13y ago
For the same reason that cars are separate from trains. They enable completely different usages.

TrevorJ 13y ago

I think we are fast approaching a time when it makes less and less sense to draw boxes around different types of mass media.

chc 13y ago

What is the difference between Internet and Mobile? The only way in which mobile platforms work as mass media is through the Internet.