Social Media and the News

Social media has become such a trend and not likely to ever not be one. Whether it be you are wanting to connect with a friend or see what is happening in the news – there is something for everyone.

Now personally, when speaking about news; social media has dramatically increased the rate it sends to others. I being on twitter as well as millions of others worldwide have discovered this is the quickest site (that I know of as of right now) that updates the world on what is going on. From something as simple as a weather update to as much as a celebrity death there is always someone who first shares such news to allow others in.

Now let us look at the actual quality of the news that is shared.…
In a way the quality of the news has kind of decreased. News that is shared over social media, there is always that chance that it is not accurate or misleading. Anyone can create a ‘headlining news story’ but they cannot always provide truthful facts/evidence that what is happening has actually happened.
So maybe small bits and pieces of a story may be shared over social media, but in the end the reader has to but all of those small bits together to get the whole picture, until the actual full story has been released. The thing though, those readers may not want to keep up with those small bits – they probably just want the full story and continue on. Then again, there are those individuals who may be so caught up with a story that they will continue to search and search to get all the information about a story.

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So I’ll give this a quick summary…the rate at which news spreads via social media has increased 100%, but the quality not so much.

Social Media - Just a fad...or a Revolutionary Shift?

Social Media, in my opinion can be described as a way to communicate as well as discover ways to keep in touch and connected via technology.
This is a revolutionary shift just because of how advanced our world has become. There is no way this is just a 'fad' due to the fact that social media is always changing and something new comes around.

Let's go back a decade or so...

What started out small has grown enormously. When I was younger it was Myspace that was the biggest trend and the 'must have' website to be a part of. A few years later, the biggest game changer and still one of the most popular sites was created. This of course being so familiar as it is - Facebook.
Facebook has become the most popular form of communication for friends, and family. This site is always changing; for example when this first came around, there was no such thing as a 'like' button, or 'video message', it was simply 'send friend request' and 'what's on your mind?'
Flash forward 2 years to 2006, Twitter has now became the next hit of the 'Social Media' world and still rising. This site is a simple way to discover what your favourite celebrity is up too or just to post a 'tweet' as to what is going on in your own life and share that to your followers.
Just a few more popular ones to add that are widely popular: YouTube, Instagram, Pintrest and the list just goes on.

Adding in, I found this link as I was searching around and thought this was an interesting read and suited this topic: http://www.businessinsider.com/a-brief-history-of-social-media-2011-7

In the end, Social Media will always be growing, will always be changing. If this is what has become of Social Media within the past 15 years, who knows how much more this will advance and change the forms of communication between one another.

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