A
recent survey conducted by Pew Research Center revealed that adults prefer to
get their news from television, but that no medium is consumed by the majority
for their top news source.
So
what does that reveal about us?
People
are visual. They close TV 44% of the
time. 34% said online. 14% chose radio. Just 7% said print.
But
the source of news tends to come from print.
What do I mean by this? The
New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, LA
Times and Boston Globe tend to be quoted by other media outlets and
their reporters are interviewed by TV and radio shows. Online will feature news stories from
print. So this survey doesn’t give the
full picture on what people consume.
Further, many people have multiple news sources. I happen to get news from all media – radio for 10 minutes when I’m in the car, online when I check while on the train, and the newspaper when I wake up and go to the bathroom. News at night comes to me when I come home and go through a DVR episode of CBS Evening News.
Further, many people have multiple news sources. I happen to get news from all media – radio for 10 minutes when I’m in the car, online when I check while on the train, and the newspaper when I wake up and go to the bathroom. News at night comes to me when I come home and go through a DVR episode of CBS Evening News.
How
do you consume your news? What is your source?
How much news do you consume? How
accurate is the news source? How much
opinion or bias is injected into it?
In
an era where more information exists than ever before, and when it is accessible more
than ever -- and affordable – the nation seems dumber and less informed. Why is
that?
Information
travels faster than it can be vetted and edited for accuracy, fairness, and
comprehensive perspective. We have to
piece things together over time, from multiple sources, in order to begin to
form a more complete picture of the world.
We also have to figure out what role analysis, opinion, and debate
should play when putting the facts of the day in perspective.
To
be a savvy consumer of media you must:
·
Consume
more than one type of media: radio, TV, online, print.
·
Rotate
multiple media outlets within a medium-try different TV shows, radio networks,
newspapers, websites, etc.
·
Question
what you see, read, hear, or click – do not be quick to believe nor dismiss, but
do think about what they shared and what they didn’t comment on.
·
Separate
fact from opinion.
·
Understand
the political, financial, and ideological motives behind, the quality of media
coverage being presented to you.
·
Support
the media that you find to be ethical and accurate by encouraging others to
consume it as well.
It
doesn’t matter what you choose to be your preferred medium or main sources of
media, as long as you allow yourself to listen to all sides and
perspectives. To only stick with one or
two sources and ignore all others is to do yourself a disservice.
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