This week we read, watched and talked a lot about News. I find the topic of news so interesting to talk about especially in a college setting where most of the students have grown up with receiving the news mostly, if not only on their phones and via technology.  In the chapter it stated that, “Seventy percent of young adults said their social media feeds include a mix of viewpoints, increasing their chance of reading a wider array of content” (page 236) I find this is important, however I am curious at how accurate that number is, and if people release the full extent of the biased news that they receive. While new technology gives you access to an abundance of news, it allows you to choose what you see, leading people to gravitate towards what they agree with or what they are comfortable reading and hearing.

In both The Newsroom episode that we watched this week, we were able to see the struggle of the newsroom at that time and there right to repot true news in oppose to exaggerated news or news that was purely there for entertainment. They were trying to get their ratings up and make sure they didn’t lose any viewers, but in order to do so they had to share stories that were more interesting and replace them with stories that may be more boring but at the same time much more important.

I personally do not follow the news as much as I would like and struggle to find valid and interesting resources. Any news I do find I will often search up after the fact and look into the summary, however, this leads me to read often very biased responses to the news so that I do not get as frustrated reading a report that I strongly disagree with. In such a divided time within our country, the internet and social media are filled with an abundance of strong and split opinions, each believing they are right. This does not leave much room for a balanced story that simply repost what is happening, rather than all the problems and thoughts that come with it.

Less and fewer people seem to have time for the news, whether they actually do or not the idea of time seems to be crushing on this younger generation, where things are often rushed and have down, information only partially read oreceiveded. I do not know if this is due to increasing technology or just somehting that always is a fear, but I think it hinders the importance of news to many people.

-Grace Hanlon