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The Rise of Social Media

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When news was first covered it was done in a fashion, which was much different from how it is done now. Nowadays everyone gets their news from social media and the Internet. With the evolution of technology, printed media such as newspapers and magazines are trying to keep up with this day and age. As soon as something happens you can instantly find it within a few minutes somewhere online. It used to be that you needed an actual newspaper to get your information or even watch the news on television. Newspapers are now trying to go digital so they can appeal to a larger more current market, with that being said the new generation of people are moving toward the digital market. Newspapers are trying to get people to subscribe to them online and get papers digitally or even sent directly to their homes since people aren’t really buying papers from stores. Newspapers are slowly dying because of the Internet and Social Media. A technological development in the last century has changed the role of newspapers and the way news is delivered. Newspapers are important before because it was the only source of information. “From 1690 until the introduction of radio in the 1920, newspapers were the only mass news medium available, attempting to deliver news and information as soon as it happened” ( Biagi 49). Before the invention of the radio, the newspaper was the only source of information. The invention of broadcasting and social media changed newspapers’ access to information because broadcasting and social media offered quicker access to information. Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and etc, are starting to give out the news. How can the newspaper industry survive the Internet? On one hand, newspapers are expected to supply their content free on the Web. On the other hand, their most profitable advertising is being lost to sites like Craigslist. People are using these sites as primary source for news and informatio

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