As the technological world is constantly advancing to produce faster, cheaper, more efficient goods and services, society as we once knew it is evolving right before our eyes. Before our nation had these advances, society depended on print news and television. Sources of news and information were very limited and people didn't have access to what it is that they wanted to look up at their leisure. Today, people have the ability to have instant news right and when it is happening, which some could even call "yesterday's news." Because of the internet, we also have access to news and updates whenever we want at our fingertips.
I think that this evolving form of journalism from print and television to more of an internet based system is a huge improvement. In the article "Are we on Track," Steve Johnson makes a valid point when he states that 8 million people watched Barack Obama's speech on race on Youtube back in 2008. He makes the point that the entire speech would most likely not have been aired in 1992, but would be reduced to maybe a minute long soundbite. The convenience of the internet allows more people to inform themselves and to do so at their leisure. They are not limited to what is provided to them by the media, but have the power to research for themselves, which is an incredible advancement. As a result, the society as a whole has the ability to be better informed.
Below is an interesting article that I found on this issue. Johnson makes many valid arguments that suggest that the evolving forms of media are extremely beneficial to our society as a whole.
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/05/areweontrackforagoldenageofseriousjournalism/
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