The document discusses several digital media trends from the rise of internet usage and digital adoption in the 1990s to modern trends. Key points include: more people now consider internet access a necessity; consumers have an increasing desire for experiences; user-generated content and social media are growing; and these changes are influencing the travel industry as people seek travel recommendations and share experiences online.
7. Digital Media Trends
The next few years
Christian Bartens, Tourism Australia, March 2007
8. ONLINE OXYGEN
Christian Bartens, Tourism Australia, March 2007
9. ONLINE OXYGEN
“Roughly 10 years after the first
web sites started popping up,
1 billion consumers worldwide
consider online access an absolute
necessity, needing it like they
need oxygen.”
Christian Bartens, Tourism Australia, March 2007
10. 24/7 ENTERTAINMENT
The only scarcity is time, and thus attention
Christian Bartens, Tourism Australia, March 2007
19. CUSTOMER-MADE
Esteem
Christian Bartens, Tourism
Millions of viewers for 12 bucks
Australia, March 2007
20. HOBBYNOMICS
“Consumers producing, contributing, adding,
suggesting for non-monetary reasons, leaving
economists (and well-known brands) in shock.
If only they would reap the benefits from
understanding that increasingly, contributing
constitutes status for creative individuals”
Esteem
Christian Bartens, Tourism
Australia, March 2007
25. Consumer Generated Media
Not everyone will contribute,
but the minority who do make
a big difference
100% CONSUMERS
search for, find and 1% CREATORS
share content start groups, create
and publish content
10% SYNTHESISORS
find, adapt, add to
and share content
Christian Bartens, Tourism Australia, March 2007
28. Self-Organizing Syndication
Web 1.0 Web 2.0
Email RSS
Directories Tagging
Search Wikis
Brochures PEW: “28% of US Mashups
Internet users
tagged content
online”
Christian Bartens, Tourism Australia, March 2007
29. Digital Media Trends
What about travel?
Christian Bartens, Tourism Australia, March 2007