The Census (7/6 - 7/13)
Hey people, sorry this week's Census is a little late. I had some birthday festivities to attend yesterday, so bear with me. Anyways, this week's Census is a go:
Two weeks ago, the illness, and subsequent death of Michael Jackson caused a huge uproar in the media world. While some heard of the incident via The Media Zone (TMZ), which quickly transferred to Twitter, others waited on the official word from media outlets such as CNN and the New York Times. Throughout the whole wait for official word, media purists touted the lack of validity that TMZ supposedly had, alluding to numerous stories on the website that may have been shunned by other outlets. However, TMZ dropped the story about an hour before the rest of the media even knew of the story, much less could confirm Jackson's death. That said, the question of the week is:
Are the traditional media outlets (print, news channel, radio) losing their ground to the new age of media (blogs, Twitter, etc)?
Hell yeah!!! Who reads the newspaper anymore? Better yet, who even watches CNN?
Nahh!!! You can't trust muckrakers, especially ones without Ivy League degrees.
Vote in this week's Census (it'll be up a little longer because of the delay) and let your voice be heard!!!
Two weeks ago, the illness, and subsequent death of Michael Jackson caused a huge uproar in the media world. While some heard of the incident via The Media Zone (TMZ), which quickly transferred to Twitter, others waited on the official word from media outlets such as CNN and the New York Times. Throughout the whole wait for official word, media purists touted the lack of validity that TMZ supposedly had, alluding to numerous stories on the website that may have been shunned by other outlets. However, TMZ dropped the story about an hour before the rest of the media even knew of the story, much less could confirm Jackson's death. That said, the question of the week is:
Are the traditional media outlets (print, news channel, radio) losing their ground to the new age of media (blogs, Twitter, etc)?
Hell yeah!!! Who reads the newspaper anymore? Better yet, who even watches CNN?
Nahh!!! You can't trust muckrakers, especially ones without Ivy League degrees.
Vote in this week's Census (it'll be up a little longer because of the delay) and let your voice be heard!!!