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social media, the quality of news and information

With the amount of social media websites/ applications out there, everyday citizens are becoming authors, editors, and publishers of news and information. Does this mean that the quality of news and information have increased or decreased?

To me I believe this means the quality of news and information has increased because, the news we know and trust now isn’t always acurate, and it lacks a lot of information. The United Nations says there are 7 billion estimated people on this planet, so we can’t just depend on the information of one person, because they might leave out some information that they might not know about or want people to know about. They might not even tell the truth, and still people will believe them, but with the increase of social media users, means there will be an increase of knowledge of a certain topic.

If you want to know what is really happening on the other side of the world, normally you would go watch the news or read the papers, but if you want to know the truth about something, then you will have to get the information from someone that actually experienced the situation first hand, for example the typhoon that happened in japan and the severity of the situation. A social media user gives us their point of view on what’s really going on rather than what the news reports. They give us videos and pictures along with information of what’s actually happening and how it happened, and important facts that the news wouldn’t. This helps us to see and understand the situation better, instead of just hearing it.

Instead of there being just one, there are many users reporting about a topic so we know and can depend on the people that are witnessing it first hand or that are more knowledgeable on that certain topic. Most likely the person on the social media network that is reporting it, are telling the truth about the topic and with more individuals reporting it, then that means the viewers will be seeking less information on the topic because they are giving you tons and tons of information about it. So basically I’m saying that its great that social media came along, because with out it, the news and other people might not be giving us certain information that we, as a society, would want to know about, and also it has increase the quality of news and information today.