DIGITAL REVOLUTION

“The Hindu”, India’s national news paper has written about the importance of blogging. (http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2006/03/18/stories/2006031803670400.htm.)

This article underlines the adaptive co-existence of new technologies with the old. Can the Internet – websites, blogging etc, completely phase out older, more traditional forms of media like Newspapers, Television and Radio ? I doubt it. On the emergence of every new technology, doomsayers and cynics habitually predict that the new will end the old. But such simplistic versions amuse me. As technology enables newer, cost effective platforms of communication, it is also creating a complex dynamic media environment in which the state of equilibrium is very short lived.

In the constant process of media evolution, the traditional and the new forms of media adapt and morphing themselves according to the demands of the time. They contradict and complement each other. A constant symphony of digital revolution destabilizes the ephemeral equilibrium. Digital revolution is changing the character of the globe. Wonder what the future will hold?