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technology that follows the Rhymes of history are the various forms of social
media; Twitter, Edmodo, Google +, Facebook, etc. Social Media rekindles the
daily newspaper. The daily newspapers used to provide a morning edition and an
evening edition. Today, journalist and individuals’ record news as it happens.
Within an hour an event has been heard worldwide, through a tweet, on YouTube,
or a text. Before social media became popular, individuals relied on
journalists to report events through the news paper. Then in the 1930’s
reporters provided news on television. Today, there is a platform to meet
everyone’s need to learn the events of the day. We can watch the morning of
evening news, read the newspaper, read a digital newspaper, or simply go online
to the numerous websites that provide us with moment by moment news updates.
References
Morejon, R. (2012). How Social Media is Replacing Traditional Journalism as a News Source.
Weissman,
J. (2014). The Decline of the Newspaper Hits a milestone. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/04/28/decline_of_newspapers_hits_a_milestone_print_revenue_is_lowest_since_1950.html
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