Although I guess this should more accurately be a long the lines of social news sites like reddit, slashdot, digg, and even forums like this one, vs TV.
This sort of arrose on another site, and I figured I'd bring it over here. I guess the idea is that social news sites can better educate people then traditional media (Which as of late seems overly focused on celebrity gossip).
The reason is not that the stories neccessarily have more credibility. Often it can even be the same sources, or even the same story. One person watches a story on CNN, another reads the same story from CNN, but through a social news site, they get two different experiences.
Watching it on TV, they present there piece, it ends. That's it.
On a social news site the story is presented in often the same way, but the story is not always the interesting piece. The story is there to feed the discussion about the story, it doesn't end when you reach the end of the article, thats where the interesting part starts.
The discussion that follows allows differing view points, critical thinking, argument, etc. Where the TV as a medium cannot provide this.
Of course the downside is that social news sites commentors often seem as biased, if not more so, then the more traditional news sources they are working at replacing.
So whats everyone elses thoughts here?
This sort of arrose on another site, and I figured I'd bring it over here. I guess the idea is that social news sites can better educate people then traditional media (Which as of late seems overly focused on celebrity gossip).
The reason is not that the stories neccessarily have more credibility. Often it can even be the same sources, or even the same story. One person watches a story on CNN, another reads the same story from CNN, but through a social news site, they get two different experiences.
Watching it on TV, they present there piece, it ends. That's it.
On a social news site the story is presented in often the same way, but the story is not always the interesting piece. The story is there to feed the discussion about the story, it doesn't end when you reach the end of the article, thats where the interesting part starts.
The discussion that follows allows differing view points, critical thinking, argument, etc. Where the TV as a medium cannot provide this.
Of course the downside is that social news sites commentors often seem as biased, if not more so, then the more traditional news sources they are working at replacing.
So whats everyone elses thoughts here?