I saw two items today that point to some of the ongoing changes taking place in where we get news, ideas and information. One was a tweet on Twitter linked to survey research results obtained by the PEW foundation as to news sources and social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) The results were written up by Katerina Matsa and Amy Mitchell. (I like to try to note who creates the words I read). It says that many people get their news from Facebook and other social media. Facebook is very large, with 3+ times the users the US has population. It and Twitter might get news that is different in content or viewpoint from CBS or NBC or CNN.
I have been looking at Google News for several years. They offer setting modifications that supposedly change what news I get and how much of various sorts. Recently, I changed my settings for increased news from France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, and Korea but I still get days when according to Google News, the main thing that happened in France was a football match. I got a little disgusted and found several better and more balanced services of French news in English.
The other item was in Time magazine’s daily email of news stories. It says that movie theaters are working hard to increase their number of customers. As with many other aspects of our society, there is an increase in the number of choices people have for more and more services and experiences.
Connecting their computers, tablets like iPads or specialized streamers such as the Roku player - connecting any of these to their televisions enables family viewing from new sources such as Netflix, Hudu and Vudu. Probably pushed by this trend, older organizations increasingly put episodes from ongoing programs on their web sites where they can be viewed at any time.
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Bill
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