Out with the Old, In with the New

I wanted to share the infographic below, and use it to talk about the relationship between social media and journalism. The image is from http://www.socialmediatoday.com . I didn’t make it, but I wanted to share it!

 

This infographic provides a good, cursory glance at the way journalism and social media interact. Both journalists looking for stories and people seeking news are turning to social media for their sources. With roughly half of people receiving breaking news (such as the death of Osama Bin Laden) over Twitter, the viability of the website as a news service cannot be questioned.