What do you make of Manovich’s statement, ‘ it is only a matter of time before constant broadcasting of one’s live becomes as common as email’?
I think this statement is true, but could be fast becoming outdated. Personally I have multiple email addresses, a facebook account, and a twitter account. I use all three services, but if i want to write a personal message to someone I will use facebook - not an email. The chances are the recipient will check their facebook far more regularly than their emails.
However having looked at the feed which shows the number of facebook status updates, tweets and emails sent- the number of emails being sent is around twice as many. this maybe due to the fact that facebook and twitter both send the activity on ones page in an email.
I think with the introduction of these services on a mobile platform will continue the shift further. The ability to post a tweet on the move is much more easy and accessible that to log on on a desktop computer or even a laptop. As more and more people own phones with mobile capability, the trend will continue. As to whether this is this a good thing or not - I'm not convinced.
First part of the essay has lots of statistics about media use, can you add any personal experiences to support or contradict these facts?
The figures about the social networking sites are interesting. Having discussed around this subject in the elective, we came to the conclusion that we all had facebook, but few of us had twitter, and all of us had abandoned myspace. There seems to be a continuous shift to the 'next big thing'. So although myspace occupied a place in the top ten of most visited websites, it certainly won't be there forever.
