Today is the age of the new media...
Today, we live in a world that is full of technology. We are constantly being shown the latest and greatest. Technology is power. Human minds continuously produce and improve products of technology for the ease of humanity. Being digital literate gives one the power to rummage through information with supinely and have trouble in communicating with others. It also awakens one’s mind for the technologies yet to come and keeps the mind hungry for the knowledge it gains. The ability to manipulate technology would be like having super powers. It could very well be the answer to all the questions we thought were unanswerable.
"Bringing our journalistic values to these environments that have captured the imagination of millions is one of the most promising ways we have of serving that interest"
As stated by Geneva OverhOlser,
If our focus on social media is primarily about how to use them as “tools” for journalism, we risk getting it backward. Social media are not so much mere tools as they are the ocean we’re going to be swimming in—at least until the next chapter of the digital revolution comes along. What needs our attention is how we’re going to play roles that bring journalistic values into this vast social media territory. It is essential to begin by understanding various social media sites and the ways they can enhance the work journalists do. A regular perusal of sites like 10000words.net and savethemedia.com is a great way to do this. But how do we move beyond acquainting ourselves with this world and actually figure out how to “use” it for journalism, which requires understanding its nature and impact on participants and on public life.
As stated by Richard Gordon,
When the history of online journalism is written, it will be hard to ignore the biggest mistake made by news organizations and media companies: thinking of the World Wide Web as primarily a one-way broadcasting or publishing medium.
Today, with commenting oppor tunities available on almost any kind of content Web site, and with Facebook and Twitter empowering new forms of interpersonal communication online, it’s hard to find a news organization that’s not trying to tap into what we once would have called “online communities” and now more typically refer to as “social media.”
So this may not be the ideal time to suggest that the social media landscape is continuing to be transformed in ways that journalists and news organizations will find confounding. Online communities and social networks, which historically have been formed on Web sites, are instead becoming Web services that shape people’s digital lives across many sites and many communication channels. As online users and consumers, we will likely welcome and appreciate this transformation, but it will create new challenges for journalists, news organizations, and media companies that are only now starting to embrace social media.
Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. Gone are the glory days of the print media and while television and radio are still more handily picked by majority for their greater accessibility, the multi-media present in the internet is swiftly gaining ground in terms of media forms people use and rely the most
As campus journalists, it is not only our duty to give accurate news and unbiased opinions, but also be instruments in sculpting the future we all aim to see brightly. We can use social media in broadcasting latest news. It will be easier for us to communicate using the latest technology and social media. We can share our thoughts and opinions using blogs, twitter, facebook and more.