Question

How have electronic media and their convergence transformed journalism and news consumption?

Answer 1

Answer:

Electronic media and their convergence transformed journalism and news consumption in many ways. One of the way is discussed below:

• The electronic media has revolutionized the journalism and news consumption. Now-a-days, the newspaper has got the reach to the global audience. Anyone from the world can read the newspaper from the comfort of their couch. Moreover, the social media pages and their channels on video platforms not only make these newspapers more powerful to influence the minds of the people, they are also getting more money by running ads on their content.
• The electronic media is now playing major role in making mind set of the public all over the world. These platform are exploited by everyone to accomplish their goals.
• The worst thing is that now, anybody can create their content without spending a lot of money. It has created problems like sensational and useless news stories in order to grab audience's attention.
• The spread of false and forged news has raised concern in the public due to the fact that anybody from anywhere can post anything which can reach the masses in small duration of time.

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