Global News Changes Society's Expectations
The news industry
has been greatly affected by technology and what society has come to expect.
Getting and reporting news, no longer takes as much time and legwork as it did
20 years ago. If the subject was local, a reporter was able to contact people
easier by using the telephone and meeting with the sources in person. This was
not the case if the news was across the globe. Globalization is defined as “the
act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world” (Dictionary.com,
2015).
In
1980 CNN (Cable News Network) launched World News (WN), it was the first of its
kind to broadcast news from around the world. “The program's idea was to
develop a news programme in which many voices from around the world could be heard”
(Volkmer, 2014). This was revolutionary for its time, news from around the
globe could potentially change everything, and it did. Technology has helped
mass media to become accessible 24 hours a day from around the world, has
connected people worldwide in a matter of minutes, even seconds.
There
is currently an Ebola epidemic spreading throughout West Africa, where many
doctors offered to help. The good nature of said doctors may have carried the
virus with them, transferring it to other continents. Word of the Ebola virus
seems to be everywhere; world news, social media, even the Jacksonville Jaguars
mascot held a sign up mentioning the virus. “The Ebola virus outbreak that’s
ravaging West Africa probably started with a single infected person, a new
genetic analysis shows” (Fox, 2014). Due to the globalization of news, information
of the deadly disease is easily accessed from West Africa.
References
Breaking News 24x7. (2014). Liberia declares state of
Emergency over Ebola virus. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFDjI1MltzU&feature=player_detailpage
Dictionary.com. (2015). Globalization. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/globalization
Fox, M. (2014). Ebola Virus Outbreak Where did Ebola Come
From? Likely One Person, Gene Study Finds
Volkmer, I. (2014). International Communication Theory in
Transition Parameters of the New Public Global Sphere
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