You turn on
the evening news & the top story comes on. It is usually covered in about
2-5 minutes. Since most news casts only have about an hour they have to keep it
short and to the point to fit in the rest of their material that they need to
cover. Therefore they might miss something, or maybe not always explain
everything about why it happened or give some detailed background on it. This
is where social media comes in handy. I think that social media has increased
the quality of news information. Instead of only hearing about the top news
story for a brief moment, social media allows us to search for these top
stories online. By doing this, you can get a far more in depth view on the
story and it can be explained in more detail. You’re asking well, how does this
let us increase the quality? Well it allows the readers to take their time when
reading the article and make sure they take in all the pieces of information
that is being said about this news story. Unlike with the news, unless you have
Bell cable, you can’t really go back and rewind live TV. Also, (I know this can
happen on the internet too) some news casts could be biased towards the topics
they are covering. So you may only see it from one point of view which isn’t
always the case or right. By viewing the news online, you may get information
you have missed or read it from someone else’s perspective. I mean you could
argue also that it may have been altered or changed, but for the most part if
it is a legit news website; the info that is posted on it should be correct.
All in all, I think social HAS improved our quality of news because it allows
us to view stories, wherever from whenever and there could be way more detail
in that one media page then on TV. Not to say news casts aren’t good at
covering news stories, just in my opinion reading it is a lot easier then it
all coming at you at a rapid pace over a span of a couple minutes then it’s
gone; and by the time it sinks in you may wish you could see it again, so that’s
why I say social media is key for that kind of stuff.
