War and Mass Media

    Online news has certainly made a large impact on the journalism and media I follow. I rarely ever read the Arizona Republic anymore because I know I can access every article on azcentral.com. I enjoy online media because it makes things more accessible and I am able to browse through multiple pages of information by simply clicking on links. In relation to my blog, I receive most of the news coverage on the war and politics from CNN.com. However, I should realize that I am receiving a biased news story since CNN is known for leaning towards the left. Despite, the biased news I always read CNN first. I find that CNN.com is the most convenient, user friendly and organized website to retrieve news on what is happening today. In comparison to FOX, NYT and USA Today; CNN.com is the most compatible towards my media expectations.

 

 

The World Wide Web has made an outstanding impact on journalism and the people’s way of retrieving news. However, with the open accessibility and the ability for anyone at any given moment to publish something online; ethical journalism becomes questionable. I use search engines such as Google.com or Yahoo.com everyday as a tool for research. However, I always get trapped into clicking on what I think is a scholarly, valid resource and it ends up being a blog from a 5^th grade teachers classroom in Missouri. That is the trouble with the Internet. There is so much information but you are never certain of the credibility of the authors and where it comes from. Online media has revolutionized the field of journalism and if we can instill the same ethical principles of journalism that we do in print in online media than I think print media will become obsolete in the near future.

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