The document discusses predictions for future technologies including cell phones, computers, and televisions. By 2022, cell phones are predicted to function as wallets, medical devices, and replace computers through interfaces like Alexa. They will take the form of watches. Televisions will have larger, thinner screens with internet and app capabilities. Computers will be necessary for most people to use and internet users may reach 5 billion by 2020. Social learning theory suggests that younger generations will help teach older people how to use new technologies.

1. By: Annie
Deskins

2. Cell Phones
 Today we think our cell
phones are our everything.
We talk, text, email, get
online, so what’s next? How
can the phone do more?
 Phones will be able to act as
our wallets, all-in-one
medical devices, and may
even replace our current
computing system (Alexa).

3. Cell Phones
 In the future phones will no
longer look like the phones
we have today. The Device
will take on a general form of
a watch, easily snapping into
place. They may contain form
of “sense” such as being able
to analyze air quality and
take blood pressure and
measure blood sugar (Alexa)

4. Media System
Dependency
 The more reliant a large
Theory
population is on one
medium, then the more
influence it will have on
society. (Baran, 2010)
 Today's society is so
dependent on cell phones. In
202 2 cell phones will be used
for everything. One could not
possibly get around without
a cell phone.

5. Television Television has come a long way
since it first came out. First
black and white then color,
bigger TVs, HD. They keep
getting bigger and better. So
what’s it going to be like here in
the future?
Tech companies are producing
bigger (yet thinner) TV screens
and immersive, customizable
viewing experiences with
Internet connectivity, widgets,
and apps; and broadcasters are
looking at ways to move
beyond high-definition.

6. Diffusion of
Innovation  This theory tries to explain how an
innovation is communicated over
time through different channels to
members of a social system
(Grant, A.E.,&Meadows).
 Before purchasing a new TV
people generally do a lot of
research. One of the biggest is
asking friends which TVs they like
or have heard are particularly
good. This is with all age groups.
People have to be comfortable and
familiar before a big purchase such
as a TV.

7. Computers  Just like cell phones, computers are
the next big thing. Computers now
are a huge necessity in our society.
By 2022 you will need to know
how to be able to work them.
 By 2020, the number of Internet
users will reach almost 5 billion -
equal to the entire world's
population circa 1987. This
compares with 1.7 billion users in
2010 and only 360 million in 2000
 Before the end of this decade, it is
likely that micro-SD cards will
exceed the storage capacity of the
human brain (Fox).

8. Social Learning Social learning theory focuses on how
people learn by modeling others
Theory (Grant, A.E.,&Meadows).
 Computers today are able to do so
many things. The older generations
need to get familiar with how the
internet works and how to be able to
log in and out of things. Social
learning theory is and example
because people are watching and
learning how to understand
computers and the internet world.
 That’s why kids today know how to
get on the internet or work phones,
because they have grown up in this
generation where our lives are
surrounded by technology and they
have learned through watching their
peers.

9.  Baran, S. J. (2010). Mass communication theory : foundations, ferment, and future (6th ed.).
Boston, MA: Wadsworth. August 5, 2012 <http://communication-
theory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Media_System_Dependency_Theory>
 Jacobson, Sarah. “The Future of TV: 3D, WindowWalls, Visible Light Communication, and
More.” PCWorld August 5, 2012
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/194362/the_future_of_tv_3d_windowwalls_visible_light_
communication_and_more.html>
 Internet users
© Will Fox 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. Retrieved August 5,2012, from
http://www.futuretimeline.net/subject/computers-internet.htm
 Grant, A.E., & Meadows, J.H (2010). Communication Technology Update and Fundamental
(11th ed.,pg 48). Burlington, MA: Focal Press.
 Grant, A.E., & Meadows, J.H (2010). Communication Technology Update and Fundamental
(11th ed.,pg 53). Burlington, MA: Focal Press.
 What to expect from a cell phone in 2020. Alexa.
 http://www.techlineinfo.com/what-to-expect-from-a-cell-phone-in-2022/