Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Meaning of news?

News is a way of reporting information by a primary resource; this can be good or bad and include entertainment news, politics or just random general interest of others.

And advantage of the news is that it travels in many ways, newspapers, radio, social networks, online blogs/websites and one of the most popular the our front room TV.

‘Perhaps the most valuable news we can receive is warning of a clear and present danger’-Mitchell Stephens

Other ways of reporting news is done orally (word of mouth). Before new technology inventions were created this was the only way to report news. Now as a more advanced century we have sources like 24 hour news on the BBC. Disadvantages with 24 hour news is that false information can be given due to not waiting for official results, instead of reporting what isn’t certain and misleading the public. Misleading information that gets published will need a retraction in the next issue.

Throughout the years gathering news and reporting it has changed, technology is more advanced there are more than a couple of ways to reach you. The difference today is the fact that once upon a time we as an audience used to try and find the news. Now the news try and find us.

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