Throughout the years there has been a wide variety of sources that people have gotten their news and information from. For the longest times news papers were the sole source of this information. This evidently switched to the television and new stations, to now in todays society, social media.
Twitter is currently the most popular source used for news and information by todays generation. With access to Twitter straight from your phone, real time feedback and updates it is very difficult for anyone else to compete. However, it does seem like Twitter is beginning to slow down and may be passed soon by other apps or websites.
Facebook is another huge social media source for receiving news and information. However, this one is more for the older generations. It was the Twitter before Twitter. Facebook is still very important ,however, as it allows for every generations to stay connected to current events and keeps families in contact. Facebook is also very easy to use allowing for individuals with very little social media knowledge to gather news and information easily .
Snapchat is another form of social media that is currently taking over the lives of our generation. Snapchat is the jack of all trades when it comes to social media apps. It allows for communication, entertainment, news, photo albums, and more. With all this available at your finger tips it goes without said that if you're going to use Snapchat for all of these other things you might as well use it to discover current events and news going on within the world.
Instagram, Snapchat and Twitters' biggest competitor, is another huge social media platform used for news and information. Instagram for a very long time now as been a huge information source for this generation. With features such as 'stories' people are able to post in real time current events occurring around the world. Also options and features that allow individuals to share other peoples posts makes information and news spread very quickly.
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