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Thursday 20 November 2014

The history of social media in 90 seconds


Where is social media taking us? We have seen some huge advances in social media uptake and usage in recent years, will the growth continue unabated?

Who uses Friendster or MySpace now? They pretty much kicked off the social media explosion but have been left behind. Despite the size and reach of Google Inc, will Google+ survive?

Surely news coverage is the obvious answer, maybe we need to ask less about what social media platforms are going to be around and what news services and news papers will be around in 25 years? 

I'm pretty sure AAP and Reuters will still be around, will they be selling news to The Times, The Australian, The Jakarta Post, The Straights Times,The Sydney Morning Herald, The Washington Post or The New York Times in 25 years time? 

Or despite their current size and span, will traditional newsprint become the equivalent of Kodak or Blockbuster Video?

We saw from the Arab spring how quickly young protesters could get organised, this was the democratic uprising that quickly spread, what are the implications of social media for the future? 

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