You snooze, you lose - the power of Social Media

To think about what the future brings and what changes are to come, can be utterly mind blowing.
Zooming in and thinking about the changes that are in the works for the social media world literally hurts my brain. I struggle to think of any area that has not been touched by creators of Twitter and Facebook, and those of the likes.

In fact,  all I needed was Facebook until a sneaky little app came along called Instagram, taking the smart phone social media world (and my world) by storm.

Neal Schaffer indicates that humans are by nature, social creatures and we have spent years and years relying on mass media. We surround ourselves with people who are like minded people or who boost an area of our personality. Will social media come down to a more personal level? I wonder...

Schaffer also points out that "the future of social media is my students, myself, you." Now, that to me sounds a little cliche. However, we are the consumers of this booming obsession, so obviously, if it is to continue, it's our usage that keeps the status' setting, tweet's being posted, photos being instagrammed, video's being youtube'd... well, you get the picture.

Considering the severe current collaboration with social media and smart phones, it is no wonder Diana Adams speaks about how our dependency on smart phones and social media is on the incline. "Our smartphones will become as personal as our own fingerprints, and we’ll use them to do everything from changing the channel on the television to starting the car to opening a beer. It makes sense when you think about how we incorporate our smartphones and our social media into our schedules even now."

To be honest, this change in the way we use social media is categorizing social media into a 'need' instead of a 'want'. Adam's continues to describe the use of smart phones as "it’s just always there, in the background, like a child needing attention." 

Is this the natural progression on where social media was going to take the world? Is our dependancy on a technology most would classify as entertainment a healthy progression of human evolution?

With the paths of its use stretching from Political campaigns, to individual's produsage of their own work - there appears to be no limits on the strong, stretched out arms of social media.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQzsQkMFgHE -- You must watch this video! It shoots out so many facts about the extreme grip that social media has on the world. The way we communicate, the way our relationships are formed, the way business is conducted, and the way we educate our children!

The social media world is fast pace, and you either keep up, or completely get left behind.


http://socialmediatoday.com/nealschaffer/1067826/future-social-media-2013-six-points-consider

http://www.bitrebels.com/social/smartphones-social-media-our-schedules/