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Hey there ….It must have been very exciting to adapt with
the development and the positive changes that social media have brought in our
lives. Social media has increased the swiftness of spreading the word and
effective interaction in public relations; however that has inconvenienced the
profession of journalism. I don’t think we still need journalist as public
relations practitioners in the age of social media. Social media have made our
lives in public relations profession very easy, interactive and it has created us an interactive two-way- communication platforms . Today public
relations practitioners do not need to go through the long route when trying to
reach their target audience. It might be to spread information, advertise, or
sell their company or product to their consumer. It’s easy these days we
just set behind our computers, laptops, or get glued on our phones and iPads then spread the word, sell, invite, have a chat with our consumers friends, colleagues etc.. lets take a look at how social media has impacted journalism. LETS PROVE IT http://goo.gl/DuL8P1
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You must have witnessed the power of social media with your own eyes on the 8th of August this year, when earth quake occurred in Northwest, Mpumalanga, Botswana, Gauteng etc. It just took a minute to have the news running through the social media .within a second after the earth quake stopped news with evidence of photographs was already running through various social media platforms. That could have cost journalists time, transport, equipment, interview, different sources and a lot of money to gathered and get those news running for us. We have became our own news generators hence we are now called pro-summers of news. You walk around; campuses, malls’ taxi ranks, parks etc. You will find people smiling, frowning and blushing with their phones or iPads while spreading the word, so do you think we still need journalist? NO... .Come on... you know get what i am talking about. WINK
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WE CONNECT ON LINKEDLN JOURNALIST ADVERTISE JOBS IN NEWSPAPER You must have witnessed the power of social media with your own eyes on the 8th of August this year, when earth quake occurred in Northwest, Mpumalanga, Botswana, Gauteng etc. It just took a minute to have the news running through the social media .within a second after the earth quake stopped news with evidence of photographs was already running through various social media platforms. That could have cost journalists time, transport, equipment, interview, different sources and a lot of money to gathered and get those news running for us. We have became our own news generators hence we are now called pro-summers of news. You walk around; campuses, malls’ taxi ranks, parks etc. You will find people smiling, frowning and blushing with their phones or iPads while spreading the word, so do you think we still need journalist? NO... .Come on... you know get what i am talking about. WINK
So true, social media has and is slowly taking over from journalists. It only take seconds to compose a 140 character tweet about an event that takes place at the moment but with journalists they will have to wait for deadlines and sunrise for newspapers, magazines etc to be published for people to know about news that happened before we even slept. Online newspapers and magazines are becoming more of a success than print
ReplyDeletePrecisely....... i am glad that i am not the only one who's aware of this precious life that social media has brought in our lives. imagine who can still wake up to get a newspaper from a store or a garage , were else you can still get those news while you in bed or enjoying your breakfast in the morning. looking at the way social media is taken over the profession of journalist i wonder what else it can reap off in the near future of PR
ReplyDeleteIndeed social media has taken over the journalism profession. It has opened doors to people being their own journalist and not having to rely on journalist to decide what is news and what is not, I totally i agree with you Nomvula.
ReplyDeleteI honestly agree with you that Social media has certainly taken over Journalism because nowadays print media is slowly dying..I mean for one I do not remember the last time i bought a newspaper but because I follow journalists on twitter,I am able to get news by just being online...
ReplyDeleteI disagree. I think that journalism is still important still vital in the media And for social media to have ground breaking news they need journalists.
ReplyDeleteKuhle,where have you been? how does social media needs journalist for ground breaking news? are you saying that you need journalist to become a pro-sumer?, remember that journalist serve as secondary source while you are a primary source? it has been said that news are better form the horse's mouth
DeleteI totally agree with you because honestly speaking, I also don't remember the last time i bought a newspaper. this indeed shows that social media is taking over
ReplyDeleteThank you Media Analyzer clearly i am not the only one sitting behind this binoculars looking at how social media have created precious two-way-communication platforms for us
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ReplyDeleteto be honest i agree with the fact that profession of journalism is becoming an old age story to our ears and eyes they only exist at their department and offices. the question is do journalists still have a chance in this web 2.0 age?
ReplyDeleteTumi web.2.0 its very powerful it has enabled people to share information online and journalist have to network to share information therefore it will never stand a chance against web 2.0
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree with you on this one Nomvula. I think Social Media has surpass Journalist. The thing is with Social Media is interactive in comparison to journalism because we can share statuses, re-tweet each about the same topic. It keeps us in conversation with each and the fact that we can log-in anywhere at anytime that is even nicer, rather than buying stake of newspapers!
ReplyDeleteIndeed social media has went beyond journalists, with only one touch from your mobile phone you can access news and i stay updated
ReplyDeleteWho still need journalist while the world is full of citizen journalist. I have to agree with you Nomvula studying a journalism degree these days is counted as a risk, because social media is taking over, and there is nothing journalist can do because technology update itself everyday.
ReplyDeleteEnough said, Howard 'Technology updates itself' i love that
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