How Technology had cfhanged communicators

Technology has changed the way that communicators now gather information.  Communicators now have several ways they can gather information.  They are able to use Google to find information as well as through various social media sites.

It is also possible for News papers to use Facebook to be able to gather informtion on a criminals which is how Facebook was used to gather information on Dylann Roofhe was the man who was arrested for the Charleston Church massacure (Robles, Horowitz, & Dewan, 2015).  Technology can help communicators in finding just the right information to create a powerful story. With the advancement of technology information is easy to gather from many different sources.


Social media is an inportant tool for the distribution of news and information, but the increasing number of platforms along with messinging apps, which connect billions of people all around the world provide new opportunities fore gathering news (Reid, 2014).  People have a habit of posting all about the personal life on socia media accounts.  Social media is the center for gathering information for communicators.  It is usually pretty easy to obtain information from someones social media page no matter how private they think it is.













References:

Reid, A. (2014, March 20). 4 New Ways to Use Social Media for Newsgathering. Retrieved February 13, 2020, from https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/four-new-ways-to-use-social-media-for-newsgathering/s2/a556164/

Robles, F., Horowitz, J., & Dewan, S. (2015, June 18). Dylann Roof, Suspect in Charleston Shooting, Flew the Flags of White Power. Retrieved February 13, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/us/on-facebook-dylann-roof-charleston-suspect-wears-symbols-of-white-supremacy.html