News + Technology.

Do we really need to sit infront of our televisions at 6pm to watch the tragic days events enrole infront of our eyes,or has technology really changed the way news is presented to the public.There is no doubt that technology has made a huge impact on the way that we live our day to day lives,from checking emails on the latest smart phone to communicating to friends over social networking sites, rather than meeting in a coffee shop to talk about our days events.With the ability to check information out on the internet in more than just one place allows us to be more relaxable with the information in which we are looking for.From searching throughout your emails on a desk top and a leisurely pace to flicking through endless pages of junk mail on your smart phone whilst waiting for a bus.

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So many newspapers prey on the vulnerable celebrities for the latest picture of being drunk and disorderly,but is there really any need for this? Should the British public really be more interested in talentless celebrities rather than horrific scenes of mass destruction. So I've asked myself a question,Do we really need journalists or should the nation decide what is on the front of our newspapers?

Citizen journalism has played a huge role in the way media as been portrayed over the past few years.From the London bombings,where the viewing public talked to the BBC whilst the events were enrolling infront of their eyes.To the vulnerable office workers which were trapped in the Twin Towers on 9/11,whereby the public were the journalist's informing CNN news of updates on
the situation and video footage from mobile phones of the distressing scene's which captured the nation for the upcoming days,There is no doubt that both attacks on New York and London were the most watched news feeds across the whole of the world,Whereby the public took control and the journalist took the back seat.



But before technology took over the world of news,there were only limited ways in which people were informed of breaking news.In 460 Bc,the only way on communication was oral.Pheidippedes ran over 25 miles every day to bring news of the victory of the greeks in the battle of Marathon .This would be seen as unnecessary in the way we live our lives today,as the accessibility of news is everywhere.From local and nation newspapers to websites and mobile updates.From the invention of the transatlantic cable which allowed England to communicate with the rest of the world the the latest Iphone 4,which allows us to communicate with friends be navigated by google maps and have the accessibility of the  internet at a click of a button,there is no doubt that technology has changed the way that we live our day to day lives.