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| source: appadvice.com |
Facebook and Apple have developed their apps to become
places to get the daily news. The Pew Research Center found that almost a third
of adults in the United States used Facebook to read or watch the news. This allows users to spend more time on the
app. Facebook has made the news more reader-friendly by allowing the news to be
read on the app in a mini-tab on the browser.
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| source: fordhamram.com |
The rise in such news apps brings
a threat to more traditional news sources and one might even question the
authenticity of the news read on social media apps like Facebook. Even if tech companies like Apple are merely
providing a news platform for already established news sources, the companies
are making judgement calls about story selection and placement which encroaches
journalism territory and that could have consequences on the future of journalism.
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Author: Shasha Fernandez (B1401973)
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