Forms of news media; Their differences have range from how they can be received and how they can be accessed, which are two different things as a matter of fact. How something is received has to do with the way a viewer gets the information whether it's audio or visual. When we talk about accessing something (usually information), it is about how a person gets access to it. The way I see it, there are three differences among structures of news media: (1) Reading, (2) Entertaining, (3) Convenience. The things in the entertaining category might differ for everyone.
First in our categories in "Reading". These sources are received through reading and accessed manually. The Reading category is made up of newspapers and magazines. Both have to be read, of course, and to access the information one must flip through the chapters/ pages/ sections manually. Advantages include having tons of information at your fingertips. Disadvantages include lack of speed because they have to be printed daily to weekly to monthly so breaking news is practically non-existent.
Second in our categories is "Entertaining". Entertainment is different for everyone, so it is hard to tell what makes up this category. For most people, anything with audio or visual is more entertaining. For my selection, I chose television and radio as the most entertaining sources of news media. Personally, I would rather listen or watch something than read it (even if my passion is writing [Yes, it's unfortunate]) and so would many other people. Advantages include sound or audio, either are far more exciting than just words. Disadvantages include not being able to receive the news in silence and not getting to look back and read it over again when you don't understand something.
Third and final in the categories is "Convenience". Convenience is what we strive for the most when communicating. We'd rather pick up a telephone and call our friends rather than get on horseback and visit them. Maybe we're lazy; maybe we're just clever (this is a completely different story). The sources of news media I chose for convenience are radio and internet. Radios are convenient, really they are, when you think about the traffic and weather reports you can access while driving to work. Internet news is also very accessible when you have a smartphone or maybe a computer in the workplace. The advantages for this category are being able to access it quickly. The disadvantages are completely different and unrelated to convenience.
Among the three categories, I prefer convenience the most. I enjoy morning shows on the radio when driving to school because I can learn a lot while doing something else. Multitasking has it's advantages. I am constantly pulling out my smartphone to check for any notifications. I'm eager for news from any blog, magazine, YouTube channel, or news organization I've subscribed to. It's the way I am and I'm probably not the only one or else the internet would have been outdated a while ago. The same goes for radio.
Every form of news media serves as a way of
communication throughout a nation. It's our way of spreading information
and, such as a forest wildfire, by nature we make sure the news is
spread as fast as possible. That's why we come out with new forms of
communication; We need to know and we need to know now. We like to gossip; it's just human nature.
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