There is very little regulation on the public restricting users from posting and publishing things to the audience. This little restriction allows everyone to share media to the public. Realistically, this cannot be stopped.
There is already a commercialized demographic in the digital media field. This discipline is found on Twitter, Facebook, and other websites and applications. This area of digital media will also move towards a less strict/more lenient era, such that they will be able to get away with a more open perspective in the media.
When you think about it, the media is kind of centrally controlled by the security of each aspect of the media. The internet is secure by each website's security, anti-spam detectors, and web terrorist security.
As much as corporate America will log on to the internet and buy digital media spots, it will be filled with the people that enjoy the digital media for the leisure aspect of it.
There is a powerful and uncontrollable increase in digital media users.
According to the first paragraph in the following link, “there will be a massive 1.43 billion social network users in 2012, representing a 19.2 percent increase over 2011 figures.” This shows a powerful and uncontrollable increase in digital media users.
This increasing trend proves of a democratic media because of the unstoppable force of these increasing followers. Having said that, these followers will not and cannot be turned away from everything this currently democratic nation has to offer. This nation stands for everything the internet stands for.
This versatile and diversified field of media contains virtual places such as neopets and a pseudo-real platforms like Facebook. These two websites portray the different examples that this question poses. Facebook is a powerhouse conglomerate that has been buying out companies and vertically integrating with different mediums. On the other hand, neopets has been ‘chewed’ up by one of these daddys of the interweb.
There is no possible way that the government or any regulator can restrict a company from acquiring and merging with littler companies, or same-sized company for that matter. This type of action would be immoral and totally against the Bill of Rights of the United States of America.
To conclude my point that the media will moving towards a more democratic and open interface, I would like to explain and describe the following infograph:
In the following picture, there is an abstract timeline of what the media bubble/cloud provides to the public. It starts out with basic tastes such as music and mail, and turns into mass messaging and notes. Then it turns into a world where you can find find a partner and it becomes your daily routine.
This is what the world has turned into because of the media, I really don’t think that there could possibly be any regulation or rules against a way of a non-violent and non-distractive way of life.
Jordan has clearly put a lot of thought into the idea of digital media becoming more democratic. This post states, "In my opinion, I believe that digital media will move towards a more democratic life. Between 'freedom of speech' and the widening of the general political stances, digital media will only become more and more open and diversified." I do agree that the internet allows people to share information with millions, however, I still am uncertain that all people will be able to participate in this phenomena.
ReplyDeleteWhile working for Verizon, it became clear that the use of the internet is not as wide spread as I originally thought. Even though its said that “there will be a massive 1.43 billion social network users in 2012, representing a 19.2 percent increase over 2011 figures,” there is a large population that is left out. According to the 2012 Pew study, only one in five American adults use the internet. Some believe that going online is not relevant to them and others simply to not have access due to the low income areas that they live in or their income levels.
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Digital-differences/Overview.aspx
The statement that "this nation stands for everything the internet stands for" cannot hold true due to the large population within the nation that is rejecting to use digital media. However, within the next couple of years this should change. As the young become old, it is highly unlikely that they will reject the use of the internet since most are quite clear of its relevance.
What still comes in to question are those with low income. Service providers usually do not enter certain areas knowing that there are not many business opportunities. The Huffington Post wrote an article on this issue just yesterday. To many it is known that the internet is quite important for communication, innovation, and economic growth. The problem that stands is the limited amount of people that are able to utilize this medium. This article notes "the result is a corrupted system that puts profits before the public interest. For proof, just look at the international rankings for broadband access and services, which show the United States falling far behind other developed nations." Will digital media ever be a place of democracy? The government and many companies have rejected the importance of public interest by denying some communities access. While I do believe there is a future for digital media and democracy, there is still a lot of advocacy needed to ensure that change.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/susan-crawford-captive-audience_b_2596693.html
While reading this post a lot of good points were hit. There seems to be a movement towards democratic life in digital media. This is because many people are starting to put their own twist on what social media is. However, there are some issues that have not been dealt with by the government. Recently there has been speculation about the government’s ability to go onto people’s social networks and invade their privacy. This has caused much angst between the social networking sites and their users because there are supposed to be security prohibiting this, however, it is not being done.
ReplyDeleteSocial networks will continue to gain traction from people around the world, which will cause many new problems in terms of security and other types of people’s rights. This in my opinion will change our democratic style of life on the social networking sites to a complete online dictatorship. This will result in many new and different problems that could potentially come our way.
Social media continues to grow at an incredible rate due to the evolvement of technology over time. Today being the Super Bowl is an enormous day for digital media, as companies are willing to pay over three million dollars for just thirty seconds of airtime. This is just one example of the tremendous time and effort that is committed to the large industry that is digital media. Jordan mentioned many different areas including cyber security, virtual toys, and even online video games that give you an alternative world to have fun in. These present great opportunities for advertising and marketing which contributes to the overall longevity and sustainability of digital media. I believe that due to tremendous technological growth that digital media will continue to expand and move towards a democratic medium. This presents a favorable opportunity for us the consumer as a whole moving forward.
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