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Mainstream Media Finally Catching On To How News Propagates

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the whole-new-idea-of-trusted-networks dept.

Techdirt is reporting that the mainstream press may finally be "getting it" when it comes to how the next generation of news readers consumes and shares news. One student summed it up very succinctly by saying "If the news is that important, it will find me." "According to interviews and recent surveys, younger voters tend to be not just consumers of news and current events but conduits as well -- sending out e-mailed links and videos to friends and their social networks. And in turn, they rely on friends and online connections for news to come to them. In essence, they are replacing the professional filter -- reading The Washington Post, clicking on CNN.com -- with a social one."

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  1. Slight problem for slashdot readers and others... by dpx420 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who don't have any friends.

  2. Re:Its true.. by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 2, Funny

    >I get all my news from slashdot!

    Me too, I ignore all the other tech sites, and pick up an inaccurate rendering here.

    About 3 days later....

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  3. They are stupid fucking kids people !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    They're fucking kids !! Think back when you were a stupid ass kid. Did it matter to anyone outside your fucking circle of friends what you thought, what you heard, or what you fucking took ?? You were a stupid fuck then, kids are stupid fucks now. To put it succinctly, stupid fucks are stupid fucks because they are stpuid. The fuck is just for emphasis.

    1. Re:They are stupid fucking kids people !! by sm62704 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Think back when you were a stupid ass kid. Did it matter to anyone outside your fucking circle of friends what you thought, what you heard, or what you fucking took ??

      I'll be 56 next week and I'm still like that ;P

      -mcgrew

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  4. If the opposing viewpoint was important by hassanchop · · Score: 3, Funny

    it would find me.

    Wait, what?

  5. Re:Brittney by Mikkeles · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well, I have a Brittany Setter (cross betwixt a Brittany Spaniel and an English Setter), although her name is Elanor (after the flower in LoTR) and she does get in some pecadillos (mostly consisting of toodling off into the back 40 for hours at a time ignoring calls to return); but I can't see why that would be news of interest to anyone but me (but I'm sure that she doesn't care).

    (P.s. You spelt Brittany wrong.)

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  6. Re:The obvious down side by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

    As the trend continues, people are going to be even less likely to hear opposing points of view.

    That's why I get my news only from objective sources like Fox News.

  7. How News Propigates to Me by Alzheimers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Event -> Mainstream Media --> Daily Show ---> Me

    Jon Stewart is my Walter Cronkite

  8. Re:The obvious down side by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yea. Group think is going to be a huge problem. As if it weren't already a big enough problem as it is. Yeah, I agree with you. Huge problem. Although most people hear already realize that. That's what I like about Slashdot--it's a place I can come to filter out all the people who just don't understand how dangerous groupthink is.
  9. Re:Brittney by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 3, Funny

    I admit it. I'm the guy. Me. I am the entire market for the Britney Spears news. I love her. The media is just trying to cater to their market, which is me and me alone. I know that nobody else in the world loves Britney but me, and I can't help it. It's not my fault that NBC is just trying to keep me and only me happy. I'm sorry if you don't like it, but I'm important, you're not, and I want Britney 24x7.

    Signed, the Solipsist.

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  10. Here's the FAQ by Ungrounded+Lightning · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's the FAQ on friends.

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  11. Re:Its true.. by ModMeFlamebait · · Score: 2, Funny

    Twice.

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  12. Re:Slight problem for slashdot readers and others. by durnurd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, if the news is that important, it will still reach us:

    China blows up-->Gold Farming disappears
    President assassinated-->YouTube servers bogged down
    All fruit becomes sterile and withered due to an alien virus-->Apple changes its logo and name

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