I do believe that social media has increased the quantity of news, but at the same time decreased the quality of new that you are receiving. Think about all the people that are posting their version of the news. It is everyone and anyone. They have the opportunity to input there version of the news onto their blog, podcast, or social networking site. And this information may not necessarily be factual. Also it is very easy to ‘Photoshop’ any picture, so if these citizen journalists wanted to make their news seem more real, they could just add there Photoshop picture. But overall news in social media is going to keep growing, whether or not the information is fact or fiction. And because social media is growing and not going anywhere soon, the news in the blogs, podcasts, and social networks is going to keep growing as well.
I do really like the idea of people sharing their ideas, and inputting there journalistic facts and information, towards their social media of choice. I just do not like the idea, that I am getting false information. I actually do enjoy getting my news from the internet. It is much easier and convenient to do then possibly, reading the newspaper. This has also decreased sales for newspaper companies. But I do not enjoy having to search more than one source, just to make sure that all the information I get is accurate. So overall, I am torn between the easy accessibility of the internet, and knowing that it is not all true. And the newspaper, which I know is more accurate then the internet.
I cannot agree more with you about how the increase in social media news has decreased the quality of information we receive these days. It seems like almost anyone now and days can act as a credible source without anyone even taking a second look. Even though it is much faster and more convenient to obtain this from the internet, I believe the newspaper is a far more credible source to get your daily information from. At least they have to be edited by someone first before it can be printed.
ReplyDeleteyour post brought up a lot of good ideas. I agree with your thought that no matter what our opinion is about the quality of news social media present, there is always going to be social media news and it will continue to grow whether the information is factual or not. This relates to the ongoing development of Technology whether we are for it, or against it, it is such a huge thing in today’s society that we are not going to see a decrease anytime soon. I believe you brought up good dilemma that I am sure many people are experiencing when it come to quality in news. We all like that internet news is more conveniently accessible, but the problem is traditional media sources like newspapers or local radio stations are more accurate. The next step to solving this dilemma might be to weigh out the pros and cons of each source. By us as the audience looking at the advantages and the disadvantages of each we might be able to define which method we prefer to get our news from. Of course everyone is going to have a different opinion, but it is a start. As well you talked about how the increase is social media has made a decrease in newspaper sales. What are your thoughts on this decrease, is it a good idea to get rid of the newspaper and just focus on social media news, or is losing the newspaper a bad thing? It would be really interesting to hear your thoughts.
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