Like every significant technological transformation, from the printing press to radio and tv, the Internet transformation’s effect on society has actually been welcomed with pessimism by some and optimism by others. Nowhere is this more real than in journalism and media.
But just what has altered in news media as the interactions landscape has moved into the digital age? This paper from Brookings Senior Fellow Elaine Kamarck and Senior Research Assistant Ashley Gabriele deals with that concern, supplying an introduction of the media community, and analyzing—in listicle form—7 patterns that highlight how the news functions today.
As Kamarck and Gabriele compose, the health of the “fourth branch of government” (as it has actually been called) is vital to the future of democracy. For that factor, the authors make every effort to provide a photo of the old and the brand-new in journalism, and to offer a structure for others to use in analyzing how modifications in media may affect the future of democratic governance.
The following are 7 important realities about the news today that Kamarck and Gabriele check out in information:
- Print papers are dinosaurs
- Hard news remains in risk
- Television is still crucial
- And so is radio
- News is now digital
- Social media enables news (and “news”) to go viral
- For the younger generation, news is provided through funny
