Super Media Intro-Ch1

Mobile phones are seen as the next platform after TVs and PCs. Mobile phone ownership is up to 3 billion around the world and it is expected that one billion handsets will be sold each year by 2009. The evidence is that the little hand-held screen has set to become a vital portal for Internet access. And while you have that mobile phone for just a few dollars a week, so the cost of delivering the services to it is falling as well. --Super Media, pg. 15

So I know that this little paragraph really isn't the whole point of this chapter, but I think it's a pretty important part. Media exchange really is evolving. I know I'm partial to the iPhone, because I have one, but there are tons of other electronic devices that allow you to have internet access wherever you can get a satalite reception. This is useful for both the reporter and the audience. Already we can see a difference in our media. I can snap a picture with my iPhone and zoom it across the World Wide Web onto my facebook profile. I probably don't even need to own a desktop anymore...I can email to myself from the phone, which has a full keyboard (even if it is a little cramped).

It really is convenient, though, to be able to look up anything I need whenever I need it. I don't have to write all over my hands to remind myself to look something up when I get home...I can just get it over with as soon as the little thought pops into my head.

Reporters should definately embrace today's technological advances. Mobile devices allow anyone to be a photographer these days. So even if a reporter arrives on a scene without his trust camera man, he'll be fine. He can at least snap a few shots with his phone so he can be the first to report on the latest bank robbery or whatever.

So I guess the real point of this whole chapter is just that journalism is evolving into something better, and that we all have to be ready for it if we want to make it out alive. When I picked journalism for my major, my dad kept giving me a hard time, saying that it was a waste because no one makes money in that field, but with the way things are progressing, I'm determined to prove him wrong. Just look at our generation. We clearly have the upper hand. I've been playing around on computers and surfing the web since I was six years old. You'd be surprised how many people don't even know that their cd drive only opens if your computer is on...(I learned that one from working at Staples....lol)