Up to the Minute Information Highway
Social media has changed the way we receive information that
we, the interested party, wants to listen, view, and read. Would John Tobin have received as many votes
if he didn’t send all those video messages out to potential voters? I thinkJustin Trudeau is following the same
path. Justin is reaching out to all potential his voters with every type of
social media he can get his hands on.
His backers are not stupid, he is a very good looking man like his
father was and will receive women’s votes due his looks alone.
The multiple platforms have helped me personally, as I tend
to zone out if I have to listen or watch any more than a few minutes unrest in
Iran or Iraq. I have always felt guilty
about not knowing the world news but since Twitter I can follow news without
having to have the extended version.
A very good friend of mine is a news hound. She is so informed she barely gets any
sleep. She is in the category of comments,
critiques and conversations as she has conversations with so many news makers
they are now re-tweeting her traffic reports.
Let me expand this point. The
other night she sent me a text with a link to CKWS’s Facebook page. I knew it was important coming from her late
on a Monday night. I clicked on the link
and found out that someone had installed a camera in the showers at a residence
at Queen’s University. I immediately ran
to my daughter who is in her first year at this University and told her about
it. I went back to the Facebook page
with her by my side and I asked if they knew which residence this incident took
place. Within five minutes we had the
answer. It was Victoria Hall, just as my
daughter predicted. We kept watching and
waiting for more news and then another message came through from my news hound
friend and that link told me the floor the incident happened on. Even though I
was relieved it didn’t involve my beautiful girl I wanted to reach out to the
parents of the girls who were violated.
To summarize my thoughts on social media and how it affects
our news today I can’t think of a better way to use social media. I became a part of that news story and I may
have been able to sleep that night but did the other parents who were following
this news story sleep a wink? I bet not!
I believe social media has brought journalism to the
forefront of our lives, where it should be.
My son follows a feed that gives the real story of what is happening in
the U.S. he taught me a great deal about the recent election and results. He always told me I needed to be more
informed and now I am thanks to social media
