This summer I realized how much I actually rely on Facebook.
I rarely ever post anything on Facebook, but I often read other people’s posts.
Most posts are about things that don’t matter, but other posts are about
current events and news. Since I have never liked watching the news, I usually
hear about things through Facebook first. Over the summer, I learned about the
lunar eclipse, Higgs boson, and countless other things all through Facebook.
That’s when I realized how much impact Facebook actually has on my life. I
don’t think this is necessarily a good thing, since I’m sure I’m very behind on
current events, but it made me wonder just how much of an impact Facebook has
on spreading news. When I was looking this up, I came across an article that
analyzed three surveys conducted by the Princeton Survey Research Associates
International. The article suggests that although Facebook is becoming a
resource for news, the population that uses it to get news is still relatively
small. Will Facebook ever have a bigger impact on news than it does now?
Here is a link to the article:
After reading your post, I started to think how much news I see on Facebook. Most of the time, I go on Facebook to escape from my school work and rarely use it to see what is going on in the world. Most of the news I read comes from AOL news. I know this is probably not the best way to stay up to date, but it gives me popular articles and big events that are happening in the world. I feel like most people do not go on Facebook to learn the current news headlines. Instead, it is used to snoop into the lives of people they know and catch up on gossip. So to answer your question about whether Facebook will have a bigger impact on news I would have to say no. From personal experience I don’t really see myself using Facebook for more than a social tool.
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