Geoscience Reference
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Table 21.3
Features and News Items as Pertain to Television Media
Item
Explanation
Details
Video of the event may determine whether there is a story.
A story that otherwise would not make the news may
become a story if there is video.
Similarly, a story of real importance may not make the news if
there is no video.
Types of news
Local news includes spot news; regular local news;
investigative reports. Also, feature news programs (either
local or network); national news; and international news.
Deadline
Various depending on the type of news that will be
broadcast. Major deadlines are typically for the evening news
broadcast and the late night news broadcast.
The World Wide Web, as we know it today, first became reality in 1990 with the
release of a point-and-click hypertext editor called “World Wide Web” (Berners-
Lee 1998). In the ensuing years, the number of websites, their functionality, and
the pure amount of information has literally exploded. Naturally, with such rapid
expansion, there is a need for a “buyer-beware” approach by users. It is as easy to
find an academically reputable and accurate source on the World Wide Web as it
is the lunatic ravings of fringe elements. It is up to the user to find and place the
appropriate value on sources available through this medium.
Aside from the ease of accessing information on the World Wide Web, people
soon found that it was becoming a tool for personal communication and network-
ing between friends, leading to the development of social network sites. Social net-
work sites are defined as:
...web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public
or semipublic profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of
other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and tra-
verse their list of connections and those made by others within the
system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary
from site to site (Boyd and Ellison 2007).
We also think of social network sites as social media—a way to convey informa-
tion to friends and learn about information from friends and others with opinions.
Sites such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and blogs have become a way to share
information, opinions, and even reflect on news events.
