I think social media is going to keep changing in the future, since it’s already popular and it’s just going to keep growing.
According to WebFeul on Canadian Social Media Statistics 2011, over 17 million people across Canada are on social media sites. This number has grown by 4 per cent in two years. And the amount of Canadians who have visited social media sites at least once a week has grown to 50 per cent. While 35 per cent of Canadians stated that they spent more time using social media.
Through these recent statistics, the amount of social media usage has not only drastically increased in Canada, but globally. Facebook is no surprise to be one of the top social media sites not only in Canada, but worldwide. It is number one dominated site with over 750 million users as well as Twitter. In 2009, less then one per cent of Canadians used Twitter. But today, that number has grown to almost 20 per cent.
With social media’s rapid growth in only two years, there is no doubt that it will continue to become a trend for users nationwide and become the norm. Certain field areas are taking advantage in the advances of technology in social media to benefit them. For journalists, there is a new form of journalism called citizen journalism or collaborative journalism. This type of journalism is where individuals can use social media sites such as Twitter, to help journalists with materials for evidence in news cases, such as a picture or video that they have shot. Journalists use social media when they need to get a hold of any witnesses for additional evidence to prove someone’s guilty, or to prove their point on a matter.
Also, people are using YouTube to try and broadcast their talents. A well-known artist named Justin Bieber was discovered through his YouTube channel. Now, Britain’s Got Talent, is a British TV show, allows people to upload a short audition video to the BGT YouTube Channel where people are able to vote for their favourite act, and the one with the most votes gets to audition for the judges.
In the future I believe that social media is going to be used even more often, and by more people. It is going to help people advertise for their businesses more, and also be even easier for us to communicate worldwide. Social media is going to progress even more as the years pass, so making the best of it and adapting to it will benefit your career and help ones self promotion in the long run.
