Traditional Media (Blog #9)

Last week we had the chance to discuss politics in social media networks.  Do I think they should be allowed to continue with politics on these sites?  In my own personal opinion, the politics option should be expressed by anyone.  Another way could be creating a new site only for politic talk.

According to the article given, social media cites shared many similarities.  Politics is a major topic on social media sites.  Every so many years, when the presidential election arises, people begin to talk.  It is such a hot topic, because it only comes around ever so many years.  Once the election is over, the politics discussion does not stop there.  If the president does something wrong, basically all hell breaks loose on a social media site.  People begin to freak out and criticize the president.  So really, politics never dies on a social media site.

The article discusses old media vs new media.  The media today has such an advantage over the old stuff.  The way technology is changing, makes it easier for people to find out the news.  With the information at our fingertips, new media is extremely vital over the old stuff.  Just like the video below... lets compare newspapers vs computer and the internet.  Newspapers share certain stories and are limited to so many stories.  The computer has endless possibilities and thousands of stories.  That is the perfect example of old media vs new.

Between January 19, 2009 and January 15, 2010, 17% of all blogs consisted of talking about politics and the government.  Within the 17%, it mostly talked about the president.  Bloggers like to talk about what is new and excited.  Politics is always a hot topic to talk about.

I think traditional media will become less relevant to use in the near future.  Because of the way technology is, newspapers and other forms of information may become obsolete.  I am excited as to what the future holds, but at the same time am concerned as to how everyone will react to the changes.

http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/blogosphere

Youtube. Old vs New. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRlKol4Usxw