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Social Media has become very much popular when Many people in the world use social media as a "tool" to get latest news from all over the world and the current news information about their
country.This has become an easier way for people to get to know news from a click of a button.
country.This has become an easier way for people to get to know news from a click of a button.
In my opinion , social media has taken over Traditional media because, majority of the world's population use social media when compared to the past. In the past it was the radio and then the television which became man's everyday news receiver and now its the social media. People upload the latest information straight to social media and the whole world gets to know about at the same time. Where as when the radio and the television has begun to spread the news, its too late. The old media tend to be afraid so they publish news in the arm's length , hoping they will disappear slowly among people.
Another reason why traditional media is slow in quality of news and information is that, traditional media advertising i.e papers, is based on a wide net hoping to get more customers.It costs a lot of money and space to post an advertisement on a paper . In most cases, people do not read the advertisements on papers. Therefore you lose a lot of money and the time.
Social media has its own method of spreading news and information. There will be pictures and videos posted by people so that people get to know exactly of what has happened. There will not be anything hidden from anyone and I agree that social media has increased the quality of news and information.
You make a good point ! Its different to see the change over time how we used to rely on the daily newspaper or the 6pm news hour on tv, and looking at now how we just have to look at our phones or go on a social network to find the latest updates that is happening across the world within seconds.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how social media is what most people do rely on to receive the news, but I feel traditional news is needed for citizen journalism to be possible. Many of the stories shared on social media sites and blogging platforms are either linked from or based on existing published articles. The news might not be shown the minute it happens on these platforms but these articles and stories fuel many bloggers articles. Many news shows cover events fairly quickly when there is a time of crisis like the 911 attacks and elections.
ReplyDeletei agree with your points, also to add, citizen journalism-through social media-is more effective in most cases because you can have those first had accounts directly after something occurs. People are informed instantaneously of things that have happened.
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