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Tremendously so, but let's consider the meaning of "news."
Social media networks expedite the spread of statements or assertions
made on those networks, regardless of the truth or falsity of those
statements/assertions. If I want to spread a rumor or a flat-out lie,
social media is the way to do it. (Now, of course, the rumor or lie can
also be quickly deflated via the same mechanism.) The point is that the
expedited flow of ostensible news does nothing to provide an indication
of the salience and veracity of that "news."
Steven Mason
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jeraint kc
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From experience I can unequivocally YES.
Side job freelancing for my local Patch for six months was my foray into live local reporting as news was happening.
The pay was gruesome and I eventually left Patch, but the local editors do monitor police scanners and show up to scenes of natural disaster, murders, accidents etc. Many news stories have been broken first by these localized reporters.
Twitter spreads breaking news in a nanosecond and I found out many big news events first via Twitter before it was reported in MSM,
I always scan my Facebook and Twitter for pop-up news stories.
Side job freelancing for my local Patch for six months was my foray into live local reporting as news was happening.
The pay was gruesome and I eventually left Patch, but the local editors do monitor police scanners and show up to scenes of natural disaster, murders, accidents etc. Many news stories have been broken first by these localized reporters.
Twitter spreads breaking news in a nanosecond and I found out many big news events first via Twitter before it was reported in MSM,
I always scan my Facebook and Twitter for pop-up news stories.
April MacIntyre
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Social networks play a huge role in today's society anyways.
It's no surprise that someone can get what the need to know by a
Facebook "like" page, or even by following someone specific on twitter. I
can attest to this. I follow Fox News on twitter, and can instantly get
any news update when I'm on the go. However, I almost always go to
twitter while at home, rather than watching the news or going to Google
to find what I'm looking for.
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Absolutely. Just as all politics are local, so all news is
local- and what is more local than social networking? How many times do
you see people walking and texting, driving and texting, eating and
texting, ____ and texting per day? We are completely infatuated with all
things immediate and interpersonal. We can find out what everyone in
our city, town, or clique is doing with just a few clicks. It's hard to
think of anything that has expedited the spread of local news more than
social networking.
Elijah Melanson
https://www.gplus.com/Disaster/Discussion/Do-social-media-networks-expedite-the-spread-of-local-news
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