Social media has affected the way people read news and interact with news. With more and more people using online sources for news rather than the traditional ways, it changes the way news channels review which content to publish.
One of the main changes, is that the news that is posted online. It usually doesn't last more than one week. On average only about 10% or less stays on the top story online throughout an entire week, when the traditional media will focus on one story for more than week about 50% of the time. Another big trend is the able to comment and reply on many of the different forms of social media. This has a big impact because now the news can be updated within the minute of the event happening, making it faster and faster to get up to date news.
With more people using online sources for news more everyday the news channels need to adapt to these growing demands. With the traditional media it was a lot easier to persuade a certain idea and force certain beliefs that you have, but with social media/ online trends growing the news corporations have to add a place for people to comment and reply to, and have to post more neutral based messages. Another way that the online trends have changed news channels is the new idea of conversations between many people rather than just digesting the content only from the news channel. Now people can join big chat sessions with many other people and talk about events such as elections through Facebook. The last major way it has changed news channels is the way the news providers are getting a bigger audience is to now have people share what they read through different social media sites. Now people can share with their friends what they read when on the different news sites. This new impact changes the way people believe wither or not content is valuable. Now the news channels have to focus on how many people share and like the content rather than just advertising their company.
In conclusion the news channels have to focus on coming up with relevant content that people will share to their friends. News channels also have to post more up to date content that isn't biased towards one view, as there is more competition growing online. News channels have adapted for the better as they now focus more towards what the population wants to read rather than having hidden agendas.
