Accept­ing its unscientific’ness, Thomas Baek­dal presents an infor­graphic depict­ing the usage of dif­fer­ent types of media over time—from 1800 to 2020.

In the past 210 years we have seen an amaz­ing evo­lu­tion of infor­ma­tion. […] But 2009 is also going to be the start of the next rev­o­lu­tion. Because every­thing we know is about to change.

The first and most dra­matic change is the con­cept of Social News. Social news is quickly tak­ing over our need for stay­ing up-to-date with what goes on in the world. News is no longer being reported by jour­nal­ists, now it comes from every­one. And it is being reported directly from the source to you — bypass­ing the tra­di­tional media channels.

[…] Web­sites have a much lesser role, as their pri­mary func­tion will be to serve as a hub for all the activ­i­ties that you do else­where. It is the place where peo­ple get the raw mate­r­ial for use in other places. And the web­sites and social net­works will merge into one. Your web­site and blog is your social profile.

via @mikearauz / @BBHLabs