Social Media & Journalism

           

           Social media has changed the way journalist report news as it must be accurate and timely. Only the best survive in this dog eat dog world because of the advancements in the technology presented on such a platform. People now realize how viral something can go if posted on one of these social media sites so it is important for information to be accurate and up to date as it could have serious repercussions otherwise.

            With the use of these platforms, people are having less and less face-to-face interaction (Eastman, 2013). This causes more people to rely on news via the web rather than someone actually communicating to them what is going on. This can be difficult if you want trustworthy news, but for those who just want to read story after story, social media is something that would benefit them.

            The news that travels around social media today are stories someone has shared, then a friend shared, and so on and so forth. This is how stories go viral and people become celebrities overnight. This was non-existent a few years ago as it was not common to become an overnight sensation via a print newspaper.  

            Journalist have a thing where they publish now, just to correct later. In today’s world of social media, you can correct, but at that point, too many users have already read the misinformation. Do you want to be known as the one who didn’t get it right?

Eastman, H. (2013, July 7). Communication changes with technology, social media. Retrieved April 3, 2015, from http://universe.byu.edu/2013/07/07/1communication-changes-with-technology-social-media/