Richard MacManus' article "How Online Reading Habits Have Changed Over 2010" offers a pretty accurate depiction of reading trends over the past couple of years. Absorbing the news has become easier and easier for social media fanatics especially with the rise of Twitter. Current events can be presented in 140 characters or less. However, there are many problems with the shorthanded news reporting. Those who don’t care enough to read further in the issue can only view current events in a superficial light. Anyone who does this remains somewhat ignorant in a way.
However, the social media world’s attempt to make news easier to obtain helps to educate the masses. There are members of the younger generation who wouldn’t normally care for worldly issues. Now that they see their friends on Facebook reading certain articles, they, too, become interested in reading the news. I know that the Facebook news feed has helped me become educated in the news my friends are reading. It helps create a conversation starter for the next time we hang out. Thank you, Facebook timeline for telling me what articles my friends are reading on Yahoo!
In regards to the RSS Readers, I’ve never really used them even while they were at the height of their existence. To be honest, I wasn’t even sure what they were until I read this article. Now I know (kinda).
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