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Instructor field trip:Trends from ONA2012
Trends in Communication & Information TechnologyJOUR 4871-003
Last week’s crystal-ball gazers
Futurist Thomas Frey
Media/technology trend-spotterAmy Webb
What insights did you gain from Frey’s
forecasts in terms of impact on
NEWS and MEDIA?
Amy Webb: 5 Attributes ofDigital Innovation That Will Stick
1. Effortlessly blends disciplines and platformE.g., Pinterest: incorporates blogs, images, links, social networks
2. Leverages exponentials Pinterest: New member got 10 invites to share; only way in
3. Relies on virtuous -- and vicious -- cyclesPinterest: Shareable, requires collaboration (virtuous); capitalizes on vicious circle of bad-photo sharing (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr)
4. Liberates: content or data or time or ideas or staffPinterest: Easier to curate than anywhere else
5. Core competency elegantly simple, easy to explainPinterest: Very simple concept; easy to understand
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#1 VERIFICATION
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#2 VIDEO
“Instagramfor video”
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#3 DYNAMIC PRICING
Examples:
• Price based on algorithm’s estimation of how likely you are to pay full price for digital content (music track, e-book) ... E.g., new e-book purchaser = discount; repeat customer = no discount
• Price varies by time of day
• Controversial!
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#4 ALGORITHM-BASED NEWS
Why:
• Getting better at turning data into articles indistinguishable from those written by human using same data
• News-company cutbacks; saves money on routine stuff (high school sports, business/economic data, etc.)
• http://narrativescience.com
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#5 RESPONSIVE DESIGN
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#6 ATOMIC UNITS OF NEWS
Example:
• You’re an expert on “X” ... Systems to deliver highly specialized content, news on “X” to you ... You might be motivated to pay for it piecemeal, or a subscription
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#7 UTILITY-BASED APPS
Example:
• Local TV news outlets creating phone app alarm clock that wakes you with the day’s weather forecast and top headlines
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#8 WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY
Examples:
• Everpurse charges your digital devices when you put them in it
• (Tom Frey) Video/changeable art on clothingPeople buy clothing, t-shirts with brands (walking ads) ... What if with wearable shirt, companies pay you to wear an ad based on your current location?
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#9 AMBIENT SOCIAL NETWORKS
“If I was a reporterthis is game-changing
technology”—Amy Webb
10 Tech Trends for 2012: Amy Webb
#10 WOMEN
Some Other Trends Spotted at ONA2012
More and more tools for curation, innovative digital storytelling
Some Other Trends Spotted at ONA2012
Changes in store for social media
• Twitter: Rich content within the tweet
• New FREE news-curation tools coming soon from Twitter
• More images and video in social media ... Easier, quicker to include ... Beyond 140 characters of text
Some Other Trends Spotted at ONA2012
More journalists, journalism grads getting jobs at tech companies
• Journalism pods within tech companies like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr
• Much interaction between departments (not silo’ed like in most news organizations)
• Great benefits and office goodies (free meals, et al) ... But expect to work longer hours than in an established news company
• WANT A JOB? USE SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICES OFTEN TO DEMONSTRATE FAMILIARITY, UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE
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