Our society has become largely dependent on media and news. Our lives have become to the point where it is unimaginable to not be “plugged in” in some way to a piece of technology, whether it is television, IPods, cell phones or any other media device. But even before these devices, media has played a prominent role in our society. Things such as newspapers, magazines and radio have all been great sources of media that have gotten their starts as early as the 1900s.
News, as defined by dictionary.com, is a “report of a recent event, intelligence or information.” News is used as an education purpose for masses of people so they know what is going on at a local or national level. The beautiful thing about news is that no matter what, there will be relevant news for all types of people. People can get news based on local stories, sports, music, entertainment or national stories.
Our society has shaped news in a way that it is easily influenced by media, as well as easily accessed by media. Everybody has their favorite radio or television station, website, newspaper or magazine. Media has made it so that news is only a click away, from a computer, cell phone or even IPod. The point to be made here is that although there will always be news, it will be the technologies or various media that will convey it to the general population.
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