Final Comm 229 post...Question: Where will the new foundations of media be formed in the future????

With all the struggles the Boston Globe is having and the influx of social networking where will the new foundations of media be formed?

I think there may be more to the social networking sites than meets the eye. Eventually the applications will be so accessible that people will have a PDA that can plug into their PC and act as their mobile hard drive.

Much like a cell phone and people cancelling their home phone service, instead of having to find a WiFi spot with your laptop people will just log into Their site on the web which will have everything they need to communicate. This device will also be a phone etc...

Although I am not being as descriptive as I would like it is hard to describe a future that has not happened. What I can say is that there is a macro-trend that is so large it sometimes goes un noticed and the trend is going away from a mass market and moving toward a market of one.

This macro-trend has been going on for the past decade but with technology it has accelerated10-fold.

Look to social networking to provide a virtual home for everything in your life from invites to parties to companies like the boston globe delevering your virtual paper to you profile site. Eventually through companies like PeaPod the grocery store will be contacting you letting you to know it is time to go shopping and items you may need and are on sale. The more you fill out profiles with your email address and sign up for store "customer" cards the more information you can expect to see hitting your profile on ____________(insert name) social networking site.

"I'm not here to tell you how it is going to end...I am here to tell you how it's going to begin..."

Neo "The Matrix."