February 22, 2012

Briggs Chapter Five: Going mobile

We live in a world where it’s possible to capture the best and worst moments of life. With items like tablets and smart phones, everyone has the capacity to report the news. A bridge collapse or Kim Kardashian falling off a curb. With these devices we have the power to dictate what is news. With these devices we have the power to publish this media in a matter of moments.

At first it seemed that only civilians were using their gadgets to get information to their social network. Not anymore. These days journalists are using these gadgets for their stories as well as soliciting the non journalists to send in their media as a means of supplementing a story. No longer is there a wall between the journalist and their audience. There are many opportunities for the two titles to mesh.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Brad Kalbfeld taught us that mobile media had completely disrupted the levels of filtration. Meaning there is now a chance that an audience is receiving information that is less than credible. It teaches consumers to be more self sufficient when it comes to making judgments about the news they consume.

All of this because people have the world in the palm of their hands.