Mainstream Media Finally Catching On To How News Propagates

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, 2008 @05:17AM 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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This reply has propagated by Anonymous Coward · 2008-03-28 05:24 · Score: -1, Troll

right to the fucking top! FIRST!
No news is good news by Anonymous Coward · 2008-03-28 05:25 · Score: -1, Troll

How long will we be beating this dead horse for?
Fixed Your Spelling by TheNinjaroach · 2008-03-28 05:58 · Score: 0, Troll

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

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