Simmons_Q_5
One of the few things that I as a listener tend to underplay is the amount of work that goes into a news broadcast and how it has changed with the increase of technology. With the way times are changing and the desire to be the first to report the news, the steady increase of available stories and the way stories are, such as the example from the book of the 2009 Iran crackdown on media about the rigged elections, prevented official reports from going out of their country. Yet civilians and protesters used their blackberries and cell phones to post information on Twitter and text messages to make reports faster and better. My question is: Is this better than a traditional way of reporters actually going out to the scene or a civilian giving their own inside view of how something currently is?
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posted by Unknown @ 9:04 AM
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If the traditional way does not fall through, I think that the unorthodox way of using social media in getting or sending information is a good alternative for reporting. Iran is a good example of the need of the unorthodox way due to the common knowledge about their activities.
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