HOUSTON 8: Emerging Media

THE TWITTER REVOLUTION: NEW MEDIA IN NEWS GATHERING:
The social media revolution is beginning. The days of reading the morning paper or catching the evening newscast for all your news needs appear to be dwindling.

Now, if you want to get the latest information on protests in Iran, Obamas health-care plan and North Koreas nuclear activity; you should be reading blogs, following Twitter updates or watching YouTube.

More and more people are getting or presenting their daily dose of news by turning on their computer.

What does this mean for media today? How do these tools work? Does the rush of information change the way we get our news?

Guests:

Dave Fehling
Reporter
KHOU/Channel 11

Michael Garfield
The High-Tech Texan
KPRC Radio/950

Mike McGuff
Blogger/Web Producer
KTRK/Channel 13

Category:

News & Politics

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