Streaming solstice and printing presses: Willie O’Reilly on this year’s media trends
So, how much has media changed this past year, quizzed my editor. Difficult to summarise in 900 words, I replied; but if asked for a pithy summation, how about “more than you think but not as much as you might have feared”. While media doesn’t stop evolving, more than ever, the pace is tied up with that of technological change. A few things I noticed this year are worth recounting. Firstly, video is now the ubiquitous means of communication. TikTok and Instagram obviously, social media generally, but also institutions that didn’t know one end of a microphone from the other…
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