Becoming a Journalist in an era of an ever changing, technologically based society is a formidable prospect. However, it is a prospect that I, as a first year Journalism student have decided to tackle head on. If technology, in particular the internet and mobile phones, continues at the booming rate it is travelling now, then in as little as twenty years, it could overtake television and newspaper's as the leading source of mass communication.
In fact, it may even wipe them out completely. I have no doubts that this is a displeasing idea for many journalists of the past generation. However, change cannot be stopped and rather, should be accepted so as we humans of one generation can help the betterment of all generations to come. For example; ten years ago, mobile phones were very rare even for adults to have. Now in 2007, in the United States and even Australia to some extent, children have mobile phones, with cameras, internet access, and gps tracking devices as young as seven and eight. This would have been unheard of and perhaps even considered a 'bad parenting' convention ten years ago.
I believe that this is a fantastic example of how humans have evolved in such a small space of time, and this along with many other interesting advances is what has led me to believe that the internet and television will be all but wiped out. Perhaps even social contact could become more limited in the future, maybe people won't talk to each other, rather they will just communicate via video phones and texting. Perhaps even the convention of learning at University or a School in a lecture theatre or classroom won't happen anymore. Could technology advance so much that information can simply be uploaded into you brain much like information can be uploaded into a computer? The possibilities are endless.
