Familiarity has changed as more news that is even closer to us within Britain is published due to the ability of publishing unlimited amount of news online. Therefore more news is allowed to be presented and they news can be culturally close to us.
Amplitude has been affected by new/digital media as it provides the audience with the ability to get involved with stories and gain more information about big events such as the Oscars or the London riots. Previously people may have never been able to get much news about events such as these on newspapers or news feeds.
Frequency has been affected as events that occur instantly, can quickly be reported on and published online; they can also trend on social network sites.
Unambiguity due to the internet has become more on the ambiguous side as there are many online news sources available and they all have a different opinion to a story. As a result the news stories aren’t entirely clear and definite because there are no online mediators.
Predictability has changed as events are able to be expected more now than ever due to social network sites and user generated content. For example the London riots took to social network sites such as Facebook in order to plan the event beforehand, so we could see this and we knew that they were going to happen.
Surprise is affected as rare or unexpected events generate vast amounts of interest and cause the public to contribute to the stories. Social network sites such as twitter are used effectively for unexpected events because people usually discuss and break news on the site.
Continuity due to new/digital media has caused the news to become out-dated very quickly; therefore news that has been published previously becomes old news and doesn’t usually last long in the public as people are looking to read new articles.
Elite nations and people has remained the same regardless of new/digital media, however the internet has allowed other nations to present their own news about their country. Also, nations such as Egypt and in the Middle East have the ability to break news due to new/digital media such as the Arab spring with allowed the public in Middle East countries to rise up against their government.
Negativity is less important nowadays as all news is made on the internet. However for newspapers negativity is more important as shocking/bad news would generate more sales for newspapers.
Balance isn’t as important as new/digital media provides the ability for all news stories to be presented locally, as well as globally.
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