{"id":4864,"date":"2019-06-08T15:11:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celagenix.onpressidium.com\/journalism-media-and-technology-trends-and-predictions-2019\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T09:50:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T09:50:38","slug":"journalism-media-and-technology-trends-and-predictions-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celagenix.com\/journalism-media-and-technology-trends-and-predictions-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
This will be the year when the regulation of platform companies starts to bite following growing concern about misinformation, privacy, and market power. Something once considered unthinkable has become \u2018inevitable\u2019, in the words of Apple boss Tim Cook \u2013 though the details will be messy, hard-fought, and take time to play out. Meanwhile, the spread of false, misleading and extreme content will continue to undermine democracies around the world with polarising elections in India, Indonesia and Europe likely flashpoints. Journalism will continue to be hollowed out by structural shifts that have already led to significant falls in advertising revenue. Publishers are looking to subscriptions to make up the difference but the limits of this are likely to become apparent in 2019. Taken together these trends are likely to lead to the biggest wave of journalistic lay-offs in years \u2013 weakening further the ability of publishers to hold populist politicians and powerful business leaders to account.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a crucial year in which social media platforms have to prove they care about the truth and about paying for serious journalism, or be properly forced to do both by regulation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Ben De Pear, Editor, Channel4 News, UK<\/p>\n \u201c<\/em>I\u2019m surprised about the potential of audio and voice for journalism. Users will consume news by speaking and listening, less often by reading \u2014 and we have to prepare early on for shifts in user expectations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Stefan Ottlitz, Der Spiegel<\/p>\n And in technology \u2026 This was a year of \u2018techlash\u2019 \u2013 where the media and political narrative turned against big Silicon Valley platforms. These giant companies are increasingly portrayed as omnipotent, anti-competitive, and not facing up to their wider responsibilities to society \u2013 even if individual platforms carry very different level of public trust. Far from championing democracy, they are seen as undermining it. Instead of protecting our privacy, they are accused of playing fast and loose with it. Ideals about time well spent have been replaced by concerns about addiction and the impact on our mental health.<\/p>\n In particular, it was an \u2018Annus Horribilis\u2019 for Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg who were hit by a succession of PR crises from the Cambridge Analytica data leaks, to misleading advertisers and publishers over video data, and the continued spread of damaging rumours, half-truths and hate speech across the world.<\/p>\n Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees joint hearing regarding the company\u2019s use and protection of user data, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018. REUTERS\/Leah Millis<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Mark Zuckerberg<\/p>\nIn a survey of 200 editors, CEOs, and digital leaders:<\/u><\/h3>\n
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\nWatch out for foldable phones and 5G capable handsets. We\u2019ll see the first commercial driverless ride-sharing services and hear more about the potential of the blockchain for journalism.<\/p>\nLooking Back at 2018<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
In the spotlight: Mark Zuckerberg faces Congress and the media<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n