Our News

                Compared to others, it seems like I have a little in common with classmates in terms of news intake.  I watch more TV news than most people.  Everybody seems to be getting most of their news by word of mouth from friends.  They also use Facebook a lot.  I don’t really understand the Facebook trend very well.  I get that a lot of people use it and I see how they can get news, but I guess I just don’t get the appeal anymore.  I don’t go on Facebook very much, simply because it bores me.  I really just don’t care anymore.   I do think that there is a trend that is moving towards internet news, and I can completely understand why.  It is just easier.  One can look up news on any category they want with a few taps of the keyboard.  This goes back to what Carr was saying about convenience.  People just want life to be faster and easier nowadays, and the internet caters to that.  Talking about convenience though, nothing is more convenient than being thrown news by your friends and that is how most people in my generation seem to be getting their news.  “Why do I care enough to watch the news?  Because I’m an adult and this is something adults do.”  This is the usual obligation that we seem to feel about the news in general.  We all have been reading the New York Times (I hope) and I think that has been good for everybody.  I don’t think most people in my generation read newspapers and I think it gives a good new perspective on the news.  Clearly the way we get our news is changing.  People didn’t even know what Facebook was 15 years ago, and now it’s a “legitimate news source.”