Will There Be a Mainstream Media in Twenty Years?

[8wid]

I want to hear someone else's take on this idea. Because access to the Internet and talk radio is increasing at exponential rates each year, that means citizen journalists are also increasing and readers of newspapers, television news programs, and magazines that give for the most part a corporate point of view on the events of the world are decreasing as more people turn towards alternate and independent news sources. Not to mention over the last decade used the Internet to show how manipulative and controlling the mainstream media can be and has been for decades over the public. Does that mean in the next two decades, television stations, books, magazines, newspapers, and movie theaters will no longer be profitable ways of making money and corporations will start to lose most of the influence they have had for decades? The public will start demanding a flow of information without having to pay for a subscription, a cable bill, a printed copy of a book, admission ticket and high price of snacks and food in a theater, etc. and most of the media will be free eventually...? When that happens advertisers will not make as much money as they once did, partially because their ads can be blocked on the Internet now. Will the mainstream media be reduced to a fraction of its former self and be just as competitive as an independent media that takes over its domain? Thoughts?

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

The sopa thing was kind of scary. Money was being put ahead of freedom to the point the goverment was being bribed and President himself was being threatend. Same with wikileaks, you get this bullplop charge pulled out the arse and websites getting hacked to the point they no longer operate and all methods of getting money blocked off. With these kind of reactions to freedom, they probably have some sort of think tank brainstorming ways to control us right now.

 

[Hobgoblin]

I believe that there will always be an "official" news media, ie CNN, FOX, MSNBC etc. But the rise of bloggers will put a dent in the professional newscasters grip of the information. Not to say that I'm happy about bloggers. Dont fool yourself. They can be every bit as biased as the average professional journalist. However, instead of a few voices being heard, many more will be, which is a good thing. On the flip side, these new voices will be no better than the one's we have now.