1. The Future of Communication
Technology – 2025
By: Marc Fridley

2. Year 2025
In the past ten years, we have taken great strides in
communication technology, with the invention of the
smartphone, to improvements to the internet, the
list can go on forever.
In 2025, life on Earth will be much more advanced
than it is today.
Every bit of technology we use will be linked with
each other to make humans lives much easier in the
long run.

3. Evolution of Cars
• With the idea already in place, smart cars will soon takeover the
market as users seek this feature to not have to worry about other
distractions such as phone calls, text messages, or even grabbing a
quick bite to eat.
• When first created, most people were skeptical, as they were
unsure whether they could trust a “robot” to drive a car rather
themselves.

4. Cars (cont.)
However, as
manufacturers continued
to make improvements
from the first model, they
became actually safer than
human drivers
With the robots running
the car completely, it takes
out the human error that
causes most wrecks and
therefore will result in less
accidents.

5. Critical Mass Theory
Definition : “A small segment of the population that
chooses to make big contributions to the public
good.” (Grant, 2014, p. 25)
With more and more people seeing the success and
safeness of the self-driven car, the demand of this
product will only increase in the future.
This theory stands true to because the small amount
of people that believed in this, continued to drive and
manufacture them knowing they will be a successful
contribution to our society.

6. Evolution of the
Smartphone
• With the smartphone making
immense strides of improvement in
the past ten years, it is only true that
they will make the same levels of
improvements in the future.
• The smartphone is one of the most
talked about devices in the future, as
the improvements made will make
individuals lives easier.
• It will be able to connect to other
devices and allow you to access many
different features just by the touch of
a button.

7. Smartphone (cont.)
• By 2025, the majority of your
smartphones will now operate in 3D.
• You will be able to get an actual three
dimensional view of whatever you
are viewing on your phone.
• Your phone will also have the ability
to check your vitals, and other health
concerns just by the touch of your
finger tips and being in your hands
• This will benefit our society in many
ways, such as: making GPS more
helpful, Generating a more real face
to face conversation with others, and
helping to maintain a healthier
person.

8. Media System
Dependency Theory
Definition: “an ecological theory that attempts to explore and
explain the role of media in society by examining dependency
relations within and across levels of analysis.” (Grant, 2014,
p.27)
In the future, humans will depend on their smartphone for
more than they do today.
This reason is because there will be more features on
smartphones that will apply to humans way of living, that will in
turn, make their lives easier
With our society now already having much dependency on
smartphones in today’s world, it is only evident that as
advancements occur in our smartphone’s technology, so will the
dependency of the smartphone itself.

9. Evolution of the
Television
• Television technology has changed drastically, in the past 20 years, from
where people had access to 10 channels, and now to where people have
access to thousands of channels of their choosing
• With the high demand of video streaming occurring in today’s society,
these types of networks will eventually take over the television
networks.

10. Television (cont.)
• By 2025, apps like Netflix, Hulu,
and HBOgo/now will take over the
television services as they
broaden their horizon of what
they air.
• This will, in turn, bring to the end
the days of the dreaded Time
Warner Cable as well as the
satellite companies.
• Users will rely on their “smart TV”
to watch each app with a small
monthly fee that will eventually
cost less than cable/satellite
companies today.

11. Diffusions of
Innovations Theory
This theory relates well with the evolution of the
television because it shows how the television has
overcame many different figures in the past.
This theory occurs through multiple members over a
period of time, which in turn, diffuses to one central
system.
With the ever rivalry between satellite and cable
companies, apps such as Netflix, Hulu, & HBOgo will
overtake both companies as viewers find themselves
enjoying these better than their previous television
companies.

12. Conclusion
As it is impossible to predict what the future holds
for technology, it is always interesting to think what
could actually occur in ten years from now.
I look forward to seeing what exciting inventions our
future society brings into the world.
Hopefully they will help society as a whole, as well as
make life easier for humans who desire that sort of
cause.

13. References
Grant, A., & Meadows, J. (2014). Understanding
Communication Technologies. In Communication
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