change?

I have chosen to revisit the first paragraph of my post titled “Extra Extra, read all about it”. Where we were talking about where we get our news and how we know what’s going on in the world. I chose this because I feel like I didn’t quit say what I wanted to and now I have a greater understanding of the subject I was trying to talk about.

side note, by far the hardest post.

Original

Through my first year of college I have been finding that kids are not necessarily staying on top of current news, but somehow still know what is going on in the world. This leads to questions like, where are they reading their news stories? How much do they actually look into things? Do they actually read news, or are they just seeing things on FaceBook? Knowing most of my friends, unfortunately, Facebook is the most use form of news. This, in my opinion, is not a very good thing. As I see it, when people post news stories on facebook they are often one-sided, miss leading, or just fake sensationalist stories. But, facebook can be go good source of new that is happening right now. As stories are changing and more information is given, facebook can also change with the stories. It has provided and place where people can post and talk about things right as they are developing. One just has to be aware that not ever thing can be instantly trusted.

New

Throughout my first year of college I have been able to notice that many of the people I interact with are surprisingly well versed in current events. However, they do not claim that they read something in the paper or heard it on the local news. This just begs the question, where are they getting their information? Well with must the people I talk with that are my age the overwhelming answer is good old Facebook. This can be seen as a bad thing, why you might ask? Well for starters there isn’t anyone patrolling FB determining if a story is true or false, but really there is no one doing that elsewhere either. It takes an entire population to determine if something is true or news worthy, so it is really on the community of FB and other social cites that people use to post stories to weed out false or inaccurate news.

Facebook has found a very unique spot in modern media and the sharing of news. With its ability to draw people in and be instantly undated, FB has become a standard of information sharing for this generation. News is now instantly uploaded and can change just as fast as the original changes. One just has to be aware that not ever thing can be instantly trusted.