In the year 2027 it is almost unimaginable what will truly happen in the next ten years with technology, especially the communication world. In this presentation I tried to tackle some topics that are likely going to be evolving in the coming years. But who knows what will really happen, just think, 10 years ago from this year, the first iPhone was introduced. It is possible that even the things we think are new and cool now, will have become outdated in the next ten years.

1. COMM 303-50 FINAL
PROJECT
Colin Holba
CommunicationTechnology in 10 years

2. Five Categories of Communication
■ Transition from home phones to cell phones
■ Transition fromTV’s to other devices
■ Future of Cars
■ Future of Social Media
■ Future of Print Media

3. Transition from Home Phones to Cell
phones
■ Roger’sTheory of Innovation as it pertains to this transition
■ Over time more and more people have gone away from a home phone for their family
and give each individual a cell phone.
■ It could possibly take 10 years before home phones aren’t even sold in stores anymore.
Home phones for our kids in 10 years may just be something from a book and old
shows.
■ The use of caller ID and all the other features make home phones obsolete according
to Roger’s chart, it is in the Laggards stage

4. Home Phones  Cell
Phones cont.
Percentage of households with landlines in the past 3
years
■ 20% in November of 2016 have landlines
■ 40% in October of 2015
■ 59% in July of 2014

5. Transition fromTV’s to alternative
devices
■ People are starting to reconsider buying the major cable packages for theirTV's. Now
anything with a screen and internet connection can display the shows you want to
watch.
■ AT&T already offers its wireless customers dish, something that they used to package
with landlines.
■ Dish on the other hand promotes that you can watch their channels on yourTV,
laptop, tablet or other mobile devices.

6. TV  Future devices
cont.
■ The day and age of pureTV’s that command the
attention of rooms in your house is no more. By
2027 you may not even brag about having aTV in
your room, you may just use mobile devices

7. Future of Cars
■ Ever since man mixed car and
computer cars have been fast
tracked for advancement.
■ Now standards on cars are
review cameras, Wi-Fi
hotspots and parallel park
assist is coming on as the
new how thing in
automobiles.

8. Future of Cars cont.
■ Now Elon Musk withTesla has changed the
game.
■ Making completely electronic cars a thing
that is stylish. But more so making self
driving cars.
■ Telsa and Google seem to be in an arms
race to see who can make a practical car
that drives itself.
■ In ten years this may be standard issue in
new model cars.

9. Future of Social Media
■ In a research article from 2012, it talked about social media being addicting. It even
compared some people’s addiction as powerful as hits of cocaine.
■ Social media is at the forefront of our communication, and is only growing in
popularity.
■ When looking at the future of this platform using the Uses and GratificationTheory,
looking at it in the form, why do people use media.
http://www.newsweek.com/internet-making-us-crazy-what-new-research-says-65593

10. Future of
Social Media
cont.
■ In responsible hands, social media can be
used to send out mass information to
people.
■ It also is a filter that allows people to choose
what they want to see.
■ On the other end, could dependency on
social media be leading to issues in the
future?
■ This is one of the negative things that could
happen in the future.
■ I hope we learn to be more responsible with
social media in the next ten years.

11. Future of Print Media
■ Print media is in a delicate balance right now. Much like landlines it is something that
is quickly becoming a thing of the past.
■ Even the Sunday paper that people love to get because of the coupons is being lost
because of apps like groupon. Professional writers now are being forced to the social
media and blog sphere.
■ In the past 10 years, newspaper and magazine dollar amount revenue has dropped by
billions.The projections continue to look negative as many companies have been
forced to go out of business.

12. Future of Print Media
cont.
■ In terms of theory.The Critical MassTheory comes
into play on this one.The only people that I know
who still have newspaper subscriptions are my
grandparents.
■ This is fairly true across the board with my friends as
well. As the baby boomer generation who has loyal
ties to the newspaper are phased out, the inevitable
number of companies and revenue will be close to 0
in the next ten years.
■ The people wanted news and information at their
fingertips and every second.
■ The rise of click bait news and Facebook link news is
replacing what people are reading in their mornings
with coffee.

13. SourcesAPA format
■ The Australian Communications and Media Authority - http://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/engage-blogs/engage-blogs/Research-snapshots/Older-
Australians-resist-cutting-the-cord
■ Self-Driving Tesla Was Involved in Fatal Crash, U.S. Says
Bill Vlasic and Neal E. Boudette - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/business/self-driving-tesla-fatal-crash-investigation.html?_r=0
■ Is the Onslaught Making Us Crazy?
Tony Dokoupil - http://www.newsweek.com/internet-making-us-crazy-what-new-research-says-65593
■ Twenty Percent of U.S. Households View Landline Telephones as an Important Communication Choice https://www.rand.org/news/press/2016/11/17.html
■ Still have a landline? So do about 40 percent of US households
Jenny McGrath - http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/you-can-still-call-about-40-percent-of-u-s-households-on-a-landline/
■ 41% of Households Don't Have Landline Phones Anymore http://time.com/2966515/landline-phones-cell-phones/
■ Cut the cord: Four wireless options for turning your car into a tech-savvy cabin Jeffrey Jablansky - http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/cut-cord-wireless-
options-turning-car-tech-savvy-cabin-article-1.1937492
■ Multimedia Journalism Class http://blogs.brandeis.edu/samgajewski/2011/10/15/the-death-of-the-newspaper/