Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, MySpace-- social media platforms come at us from every angle. On the surface, these sites allow for public display of personal lives, an aspect often criticized by society. However, if you dig a little deeper, you will find that we are in a current social media revolution. This instant communication is becoming a platform for personal, as well as societal, news. Participants are retrieving information quicker than ever before, and spreading it just as fast. Once information hits social media, it goes viral, reaching millions in potentially a matter of minutes. It's all about being in the right place at the right time. And social media is the "right" place. Users of social media are able to obtain news at a quicker pace than they would by reading a newspaper or watching the news on TV. Now, social media gets you news instantly. Is social media becoming the "new" news?
Term To Know: "Retweet" : a reposting of someone else's tweet
(definition taken from Twitter Help Center, FAQs at https://support.twitter.com/articles/77606-faqs-about-retweets)
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