Title: Social Media Has Forever Changed The Way We Consume News
Headings: Social Media Has Forever Changed The Way We Consume News
Social Media Has Forever Changed The Way We Consume News
#1: Social media is the new gatekeeper
#2: Social media has replaced “serious news” with the trending, the viral and the buzzworthy
#3: The news cycle is now 24/7
So what’s the future of journalism?

Content: There was a real respect for the news media and the function they fulfilled in society. But what about today? Most people simply view “the news” as a rich source of hilarious new Internet memes. Nobody really reads full articles any more – all they do is scan the headlines and check out the photos or videos. If people in their social networks aren’t sharing, re-posting or commenting on a piece of news, then it’s all but invisible to them. Moreover, with the rise of sites like Buzzfeed (which now has more visitors than the New York Times ), the emphasis is on the viral and buzzworthy. If people aren’t going to press the “like” button on a story, what’s the point of publishing it? #3: The news cycle is now 24/7
At one point, all you had to do to be reasonably literate was to pick up one of those weekly news magazines that summarized all the top events of the past 7 days. News, when it happened, was relatively slow.