Introduction:
Where’s My Flying Car?
This blog is
about the intersection of trends identifying advances in the field of
communications identified by France Cairncross in her book The Death of Distance: How the Communications Revolution Will Change
our Lives, and popular genres of communications technologies identified by
Straubhaar, LaRose, and Davenport. Genres of this nature include entertainment
(including music and movies), online games, social media (including Facebook
and Twitter), blogs, search engines, and portals. The two genres I have chosen are social media
and blogs, and out of the 30 trends identified by Cairncross, the three trends
I have chosen are the Death of Distance, the Loss of Privacy, and More
Customized Content.
The constant
evolving, improving, and advancing nature web content leads to the widespread
access of technology to people around the world.
The
Trendspotter’s Guide to New Communications:
The 30 Trends
Identified by Frances Cairncross
1.
The
death of distance
2.
The
fate of location
3.
The irrelevance
of size
4.
Improved
connections
5.
More
customized content
6.
A deluge
of information
7.
Increased
value of brand
8.
Increased
value in niches
9.
Communities
of practice
10. Near-frictionless markets
11. Increased mobility
12. More global reach, more local provisions
13. The loose-knit corporation
14. More minnows, more giants
15. Manufacturers as service providers
16. The inversion of home and office
17. The proliferation of new ideas
18. A new trust
19. People as the ultimate scarce resource
20. The shift from government policing to
self-policing
21. Loss of privacy
22. Redistribution of wages
23. Less need for immigration and emigration
24. A market for citizens
25. Rebirth of cities
26. The rise of English
27. Communities of culture
28. Improved writing and reading skills
29. Rebalance of political power
30. Global peace
About Frances
Cairncross: (According
to the JLA)
- · Frances Cairncross is “one of the UK’s most respected economic commentators.”
- · Former Management Editor of the Economist
- · Senior Positions at The Times, The Banker, The Observer, and the Guardian
- · Focuses: environmental change, the internet, and mass communications
- · MA in Economics from Brown University
- · Honorary degrees from Trinity College Dublin, Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, City, Loughborough and Kingston Universities
- · Rector of Exeter College, Oxford
- · Past President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
- · In her book The Death of Distance, she discusses the Internet and the global communications revolution; “She discusses how the web will change companies and outlines how businesses, governments and environmentalists can make common cause.”
In the following
video, you can hear Francis Cairncross speak at “Sir Winston Scott Lecture” in
Barbados, on Three Transport Revolutions:
- · The first revolution: Goods
- · The second revolution: People
- · The third revolution: Ideas
She also touches on the idea of transporting ideas and knowledge, and its importance in terms of the transformation of companies through Internet and technology advancement.
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