“Breaking News - Magnitude 7.2 quake reported in Chile during President Pinera's inauguration ceremonies.” - Again? Another earthquake? Well, this is how fast the Internet disseminates news and information, sometimes even faster that broadcast TV, and obviously faster that the daily newspaper.
Since college, I have been reading news on the Internet more than watching them on TV or reading them on newspapers. The tabs on my laptop include inquirer.net, philstar, mb.com.ph for local news and CNN.com and foxnews.com for international news, of course SI.com, nba.com and espn.com for sports news. Sometimes even youtube.com has videos of news clips uploaded everyday.
It seems to me that information dissemination has become broader and more powerful on the web than through radio or through TV or through newspapers. No wonder why recently there have been numerous number of newspaper publishers that closed down. Even New York Times has not been spared by this development. In fact, it has been trying its best to stay in the industry amidst all these developments in technology. Finally, a recent survey reported that more Americans get their news from the Internet than from newspapers or radio, and three-fourths say they hear of news via e-mail or updates on social media sites, according to a new report.
Going back to the breaking news, this series of earthquakes in many different parts of the globe recently should concern us. I think there have been more frequent earthquakes recently than in any period in human history. It is a part of a global phenomenon called global warming. As information is passed faster than we can imagine, we must utilize this technology to also disseminate information, not just about news on the latest earthquakes or disasters, but also to helpful tips to do to when faced with such, or tips to prepare such occurrence.
One interesting note though: The survey reported that only television news still outpaces the Internet, with 78% of respondents saying they watch local news and 73 % saying they view a national network or cable news channel like CNN, Fox News or MSNBC.
This may be the case now. But, with the growing expanse of the Internet, I won’t be surprised if TV will later on be outpaced. As in Oblicon, this event may not already be subject to a condition, but rather, subject to a period or term.
Reody Anthony M. Balisi
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