Recent events highlight fundamental changes in communication that affect us all.
Electronic messages from world leaders now bypass traditional media channels to communicate directly with millions. What are the implications ?
Business has historically used computers to perform calculations, automate tasks and exchange messages such as emails , documents and payments.
Maybe politics has overtaken business in its sophistication of competing on messages by using:
- Straight through processing – creating original media content that is directly distributed and consumed
- The massive audience size of key influencers to drown out others
- Priority and visibility of messages to set the political and economic agenda
- Mass data capture to capture, understand and manage people’s reactions
How might this affect all of us ? Political views aside
- With short messages the choice of each and every word becomes more impactful and scrutinised
- Shorter messages are more open to interpretation than dialogue with more context and background
- Communication becomes less about information or exchanging views and more one-way statements
- Pictures and media accompanying tweets may become as important as words
- The “message winners” will be those who find relevant messages with common appeal
- Communication providers are effectively deciding how society will orientate its communication
Food for thought – as always your comments and views are welcome…
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