Highbrow Magazine - iphones https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/iphones en Examining Digital Media Habits in 2022 https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/19920-examining-digital-media-habits <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/media" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Media</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 12:00</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1mobilephone_daria_shevtsova-pexels.jpg?itok=NxBb77ai"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1mobilephone_daria_shevtsova-pexels.jpg?itok=NxBb77ai" width="480" height="320" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Consumers have more options for digital media entertainment than ever before, but what kind of content are they looking for, how are they finding it, and how are they interacting with it? Each year, Deloitte – a global professional services organization – surveys consumers to answer these questions.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">In its latest report, titled “2022 Digital Media Trends, 16th edition: Toward the metaverse,” Deloitte surveyed consumers globally and found there is a growing preference for more personalized, interactive, and social experiences, especially among younger generations. Below are findings that underscore this trend.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Consumers are tired of chasing content</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Despite the sizable content budgets of streaming video on demand (SVOD) services, consumers are growing more frustrated with SVOD content discovery and subscription fees. SVOD services often require consumers to juggle multiple subscriptions at increasing costs. But on social media platforms, content discovers the user, offering free passive and interactive experiences with near-infinite streams of personalized content that are continuously refined.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/1watchingtv_cottonbro-pexels.jpg" style="height:400px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>SVOD services struggle to attract and retain subscribers</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">SVOD providers face greater pressure to attract and retain subscribers who have become savvier about chasing content and managing their subscription costs. The average churn rate (the rate at which consumers have canceled, or both added and canceled, a service during the past six months) in the United States remains consistent at 37% across all paid SVOD services. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">In the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, and Japan, the average overall churn rate is closer to 30%. In an effort to compete, consumers may find media companies diversifying their approach, offering ad-supported tiers and bundles, or pairing premium content with more immersive experiences.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Growing popularity of user-generated content</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Short-form and user-generated social video feeds are incredibly engaging. Nearly half (46%) of U.S. consumers say they watch more user-generated content online than they did six months ago. Fifty percent (50%) also say they always end up spending more time watching user-generated content online than they had initially planned. This figure jumps to 70% among the youngest generation, Gen Z. About four in 10 (41%) U.S. consumers surveyed spend more time watching user-generated video content online than TV shows and movies on video streaming services, a sentiment that increases to about 60% among the younger generations (Millennials and Gen Zs).</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Social media usage continues to rise across generations</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">In the U.S., 81% of social media users use social media services daily, and 59% use these services several times a day. Across all five countries surveyed, Gen Zs, Millennials, and Gen Xers are consistently more likely to say they use these services. Also, 70% of U.S. respondents say they follow an influencer online, and more than half of U.S. Gen Zs and Millennials surveyed say online personalities influence their buying decisions.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Social media platforms are also affecting consumer spending habits. About 53% of U.S. respondents and around 40% in the U.K., Germany, and Japan say they see ads on social media for products or services they were searching for, a figure that jumps to 72% in Brazil.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4videogames_jeshoots-pexels.jpg" style="height:400px; width:600px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Younger consumers prioritize interactive experiences</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Younger generations that have grown up with smartphones, social media, and video games prefer entertainment experiences that are more social and interactive. User-generated social media streams and social video games may meet their needs better than streaming video.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">According to the report, Gen Z respondents prefer playing video games as their favorite entertainment activity in all five countries. In the U.S., Gen Z and Millennial gamers play the most, logging an average of 11 and 13 hours per week, respectively.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Looking to the future</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">As streaming video audiences juggle more subscriptions and higher costs to chase entertainment, social media is free and available anywhere, anytime.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Deloitte’s report suggests that to prepare for the next generation of digital entertainment, streaming video companies should think about how people socialize around entertainment. Will younger generations and the generations to follow them dismiss entertainment that isn’t social or interactive in some way? Or will the passive and somewhat isolated experience of streaming video always offer a meaningful form of entertainment? Only time will tell.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>To learn more about the 2022 Digital Media Trends, 16th edition: Toward the metaverse survey, visit </em></strong><a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/digital-media-trends-consumption-habits-survey.html?id=us:2el:3pr:4diUS175215:5awa::MMDDYY:&amp;pkid=1008679" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><strong><em>Digital Media Trends</em></strong></a><strong><em> for the full report.</em></strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>This article is provided by </strong><a href="https://www.brandpointcontent.com/article/39630/5-digital-media-and-entertainment-habits-in-2022" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><strong>Brandpoint</strong></a><strong>. It’s published here with permission.</strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Image Sources:</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>--Daria Shevtsova (<a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/bokeh-photography-of-person-holding-turned-on-iphone-1440727/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Pexels</a>, Creative Commons)</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>--Cottonbro (<a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/couple-love-sitting-evening-4009409/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Pexels</a>, Creative Commons)</em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><em>--Jeshoots.com (<a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/two-people-holding-black-gaming-consoles-442576/" style="color:#0563c1; 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Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Wed, 03/19/2014 - 09:50</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1smartphoneartWLAD.jpg?itok=hJ5WWZoC"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1smartphoneartWLAD.jpg?itok=hJ5WWZoC" width="480" height="376" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><em>“…that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction is the aura of the work of art. This is a symptomatic process whose significance points beyond the realm of art. One might generalize by saying: the technique of reproduction detaches the reproduced object from the domain of tradition. By making many reproductions it substitutes a plurality of copies for a unique existence. And in permitting the reproduction to meet the beholder or listener in his own particular situation, it reactivates the object reproduced. These two processes lead to a tremendous shattering of tradition which is the obverse of the contemporary crisis and renewal of mankind.”</em> --<strong>Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction”</strong></p> <p><em>“The work of art in the age of digital reproduction is physically and formally chameleon.  There is no clear conceptual distinction now between original and reproduction in virtually any medium based in film, electronics, or telecommunications.  As for the fine arts, the distinction is eroding, if not finally collapsed.  The fictions of “master” and “copy” are now so entwined with each other that it is impossible to say where one begins and the other ends.  In one sense, Walter Benjamin’s proclamation of doom for the aura of originality, authored early in this century, is finally confirmed by these events.  In another sense, the aura, supple and elastic, has stretched far beyond the boundaries of Benjamin’s prophecy into the rich realm of reproduction itself.”<strong>--</strong></em><strong>Douglas Davis, “The Work of Art In The Age of Digital Reproduction”</strong></p> <p><em>"Will the digital age kill off art?" No.  Next.”--</em> <strong>Commenter for The Guardian’s July </strong><strong>2</strong><strong><sup>nd</sup></strong><strong>, 2013 article “Will The Digital Age Kill Off Art?”</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Last month, this writer had both the great and terrible misfortune to be in New York during the final week of Jean Paul Gaultier’s traveling retrospective <em>The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk; </em>which was ending its run at the Brooklyn Museum. Sadly, in the end, she had to appease herself with merely viewing images of the show from websites such as Racked, <em>The New York Times</em>, and various YouTube videos.  Being able to view the pieces on a Smartphone didn’t incite a thrill about having to live vicariously through those who were lucky enough to be present.  Viewing iconic pieces worn by Madonna at the peak of her fame on a three-inch screen paled in comparison to seeing them in person, and only heightened the sense of loss on missing a great exhibit.  However, for others in a similar position, that surely would have and did suffice.  In the November 20, 2013 The Creators Project <a href="http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/painting-the-internet-jeanette-hayes">article</a> “Painting The Internet: Jeannette Hayes’ Art For The Digital Age,” Madison Alexander Moore wrote that “People love capturing art on their smartphones, whether it’s allowed or not…the smartphone has become a major character in museums and art galleries around the world.”  </p> <p>This current state of affairs far surpasses anything either Benjamin or Davis could have predicted.  As Benjamin prophesied, the slow and steady “shattering of tradition” the digital age ushered in has been greatly accelerated by the advent of the Smartphone.  The evidence is everywhere: From ubiquitous iPhone cases showcasing works by contemporary artists like the late Keith Haring and British graffiti activist Banksy and even more profoundly by the popularity of image-driven apps like Tumblr and Instagram, not just with the general art viewing or buying public, but also amongst the creators themselves. </p> <p>During her interview with Moore, New York based artist Jeannette Hayes waxed ecstatic about the use of filters on sites like Instagram.  “That’s how the world is and it’s cool because why not?  If you want to fix something or look a certain way you now can do exactly what you want.  When it comes to filters and things, I think there should be hundreds more.  It’s insane that we’re stuck with the eleven or whatever filters they pick.” </p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2smartphoneart%20%28Saul%20Hernangomes%20Reyes%29.jpg" style="height:640px; width:640px" /></p> <p>Hayes’ pieces celebrate the current era by gleefully juxtaposing classic works of art alongside the banal realities of modern life.  In her “Botticelli Photobooth” series, she metaphorically copy-pasted the Renaissance painter’s works into modern photo-editing programs.  Her interview with Moore also bore more of the same:  She shamelessly discussed her “Warholian” influences and working on a painting inspired by emoji icons alongside her admiration of TMZ and reality TV stars Tamar Braxton and Nene Leakes.  A few of the icons she compares herself to in her Twitter introduction are Ivanka Trump, Heidi Montag and Jeff Koons.</p> <p> </p> <p> In the headline for the January 17, 2014 Paper.com <a href="http://www.papermag.com/2014/01/jeanettte_hayes.php">profile</a> about her, she quips that “…Rembrandt would have loved taking selfies.”  When one learns that Hayes transitioned from modeling into her present career, that she provided designs for the fashion designers Proenza Schouler, and that her big break was courtesy of a 2012 group show that also featured work by <em>Girls</em> star Jemima Kirke, it would seem that she represents a new kind of art star, but Ms. Hayes’ cynicism-free embrace of our media-saturated world is no more different than Haring’s Pop Shop or Basquiat collaborating with Warhol in their primes.  It will be fascinating to see how Hayes utilizes all the possibilities of digital art. </p> <p>One of the possibilities that await Instagram users who are driven either by curiosity or boredom with their current feed is to take a chance on the “explore” feature.  Within seconds, a user who observed a fellow foodie’s dinner in Los Angeles can now be transported to such far-flung locales as Malaysia or Sao Paolo.  Spain-based artists Jorge Martinez Phil Gonzalez have now taken that feature one step further with the creation of the world’s first Instagram Gallery in Miami.  The new space, situated in the celeb magnet otherwise known as Wynwood is devoted to “…promoting and disseminating the most outstanding and valued photos in the Instagramers Gallery digital platform… There the <a href="http://www.instagramersgallery.com/en/showroom.html">Instagramers Gallery</a> becomes a real experience exploring the unique worldview of instagramers and providing them with opportunities to attend discussions, forums, events, presentations and, of course, a wide range of expositions.”</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/3smartphoneart%20%28Flaviz%20Guerra%29.jpg" style="height:640px; width:640px" /></p> <p>What was once thought of as just another vehicle for documenting the lives of millenials has now been elevated to a higher status as a forum that has the potential to showcase art from up-and-coming photographers from places as diverse Brazil, South Africa and Italy, all of which have been featured on the gallery’s website.  In addition to featuring their artists both in their galleries and online, Instagrammers Gallery Miami also awards a daily prize of $1,000 to the best instagram of the day.  There are also plans later this year to open a second European gallery in Madrid. </p> <p>Spaces like the aforementioned are yet another reminder that we live in an image-saturated time replete with Internet memes, retweets, and shares.  It’s probably too soon to ask whether a picture still manages to speak a thousand words if it’s been through a litany of Photoshop and Instagram filters.  At the time that Davis wrote his piece, video conferencing was a “phenomenon” and the DAT and QuickTime movies presented new opportunities and challenges for artists. </p> <p> </p> <p>Nearly 25 years later, cameras are more commonplace than Starbucks in the country, and MP3 players are a thing of the recent past.  While this author didn’t appreciate experiencing a major retrospective through her Samsung, last December, the International Arts Museum Malaysia recently made over 100 contemporary Islamic works available for the first time through their Smartphone app. Art lovers who are unable to hop on a flight to Kuala Lumpur can now discover artists from China, Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia; and as they are countries that have a tendency to get short shrift coverage in Western media, it would be extremely obtuse to ignore the impact of such a move. </p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/mediumiphone%20%28Daniel%20Zanetti%20Wiki%29.jpg" style="height:371px; width:600px" /></p> <p><strong>Author Bio:</strong></p> <p><em>Sophia Dorval is a contributing writer at</em> Highbrow Magazine.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/smart-phones" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">smart phones</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/iphones" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">iphones</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/instagram" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">instagram</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/photography" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">photography</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">artists</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/art-digital-age" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art in the digital age</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/creating-images" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">creating images</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/art-galleries" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">art galleries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Sophia Dorval</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">WLAD; 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