Is ‘news’ slowly being taken over by social updates?
It’s a general question, but my answer: Maybe.
I’m posing this question after reading this article about how some twins found out that their brother died in a car crash through Facebook. Their mother wasn’t even informed by the police but instead by social networking.
I actually get most of my news through Twitter, Facebook and web forums (discussion forums). For example, Twitter’s “Trending List”, which is updated on a regular basis with whats trending on the site, is one way of showing what’s happening around the globe or in once particular country.
One downside of this is that Twitter only allows you to have up to 140 characters. News sites have more detailed articles with more information, though I personally only like the facts (which Twitter is good for at times).
Oh, we can’t forget Facebook with it’s status updates and also sharing links. Again this is a fast travelling “news” service. Though, like Twitter, it isn’t really that good for posting in depth news.
So … is social updates through social networking the next step into the news world? Well, after reviewing the above and also reading some research … I think it could be the way news is relayed in the future.
People should post news as it happens, why relay on corporations to post the news when it’s either delayed or inaccurate.
