New Sources Comparison

In hindsight it isn’t all that surprising that the majority of today’s youth find their news from Facebook.  Even I admit to doing it myself.  My news feed often times gives me blurbs of information that if interesting, will compel me to take a look.   There were some that did make use of typical newsgathering, from mass media and national news broadcasters.  Not at all unlike myself.  Heck, even a few said their peers contribute to their awareness.  But there were many differences that I did not account for. 

Some people made an effort to discuss current events with their friends and peers.  Not relying so much on blips of information here and there, but actually having a discussion.  Some made mention of the Daily Show and Colbert Report.  As a fan of both I find myself disappointed that I did not think of mentioning that in my own explanation of how I obtain my news.  That in and of itself is a great example of how to obtain the unbiased news.  Both John Stewart and Colbert have their personal biases, you cannot deny that.  But what makes them different is they call the bullshit that not only politicians do, but national media too.  But perhaps the greatest similarity I found, and greatest difference compared to me, was the use of the radio.  I very rarely make use of the radio, but many people seemed to attribute the majority of their news sources from just listening to music on the radio.  However, if I were to decipher a pattern form this, I feel that the days of traditional newsgathering, radio, television, and even newspapers are not as prominent.  Rather, it seems the Internet has taken the reigns on information and newsgathering.

            In terms of Civil literacy, people may be lacking.  They have knowledge of what is going in the nation, the world, but not in their own city.  But perhaps a better explanation is to say the civil literacy has become skewed. Hedges would be quick to point out how his point is only exemplified by this skewed civic literacy.  Using the Internet provides us with a wealthy, but not a quality, type of newsgathering.