In this day and age a believe it is possible for blogs to take over traditional news sources. I don’t think it will be possible that blogs will take over all news sources that we know but I do believe it will take over the majority. In this generation, most millennials and generation z’s receive most if not all their news from the internet. We depend more on what we interact with on the daily. With the use of our phones and computer, we are most likely to get our news from what’s in front of our faces and what can appear anytime on our screens. In “Why Bloggers Can’t Replace the Work of Professional Journalists” Rogers states that instead of becoming better than a professional reporter, bloggers can gear towards citizen journalism to write their stories. Most bloggers don’t come up with news stories on their own instead, they comment on what already public made by the professionals. This makes a big point as to why professional reports cant be replaced, their work is so unique that it would be hard to receive that from anyone thats not a professional. In “The Rise of the Professional Blogger” Michael Massing mentions the pros of blogs. He states that unlike old media, blogging allows people of all ages to contribute to this change in media. Many others such as Glenn Reynolds and Clay Shirky agree with Massing that the old media mainly attracts the older audience while blogging aims at the young few. I personally don’t believe that bloggers will take over the jobs of journalist due to the fact that people may gear towards factual news instead of something anyone could have written online. The news will always be the first thing many people will look into when it comes into getting information may it be on politics, the weather, or information on what’s happening in your community. In “Why We Twitter: Understanding Microblogging Usage and Communities” the professionals mention something I have never heard of before, Microblogging. Microblogging is a form of communication that allows its users to post statuses about what they’re doing at that exact moment of their lives. In platforms such as, Facebook and Twitter or even text messages it gives its users the chance to communicate to their friends or family and update them on what going on. This shows the changes in how we received information in the past and how it has changed today

A blog is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries. Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page. Microblogging is an online broadcast medium that exists as a specific form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregated file size. Users used it to create blogs from sites such as WordPress, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and many others. They also use blogs to create stories from current events that happen in the world today. Back in the day, journalism became a tool when newspaper companies were built to give readers the scoop about what is happening in their community and in the city, but, then, both the radio and television were invented to make shows about local, national, and global news to keep viewers updated with stories. In this case, blogging cannot replace journalism because according to ThoughtCo.com’s article entitled “Why Bloggers Can’t Replace The Work Of Professional Journalists?”, Tony Rogers stated that bloggers don’t produce their own stories, instead, they used comments to voice their own opinion about the early days of blogging.  Blogging made an impact on the Internet, providing updates to and information on users about events, thoughts, and memories through blogging sites. In fact, according to The Atlantic’s article entitled, “The Rise Of The Professional Blogger”, Benjamin Carlson quoted that blogging has lowered the barriers to self-publication by average citizens, the free-wheeling fraternal spirit of blogging has become increasingly subject to market disciplines. Blogging also created sites like Twitter, which had been founded since 2006, thus making more bloggers to share information with others because according to a study by students from the University of Maryland, as of April 2007, Twitter has about 94,000 users within eight months of its launch and updates were made to describe one’s current status within a limit of 140 characters. Blogging became one of the most important tools on the Internet due to updates that were given to and shared with users so that they would know what is happening in the world today and it’s very important for them to keep in touch with the news posted on sites during their time on the World Wide Web.

Man, oh man…Social media has its moments where it can be the most powerful and useful tool in the palm of your hand or the most sneakily threatening aspect to your life. From social media placing ads on your phone after you’ve made a quick Google search on that product you looked at to allowing these apps to track our every moment to allow for you to have an interactive feature to display where you are. There are people how don’t use these platforms to merely connect with anymore, it’s usually always something greater. Social media was once a positive thing to have when it was first introduced to us on smartphones but now it appears that social media is doing more harm than good. I personally feel as if social media is making people more afraid to be within each other’s personal space to have a formal conversation. Apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat are all used for more reconnecting with old friends and entertainment purposes there are many moments on these same platforms where individuals are bullied. People often feel less of themselves, begin digging into their insecurities to point where they make an entirely false identity to fit in, some lose their minds and some even commit suicide. That’s not at all either, Facebook is seen as an issue in politics as well. In the article “ Who Will Take Responsibility for Facebook? “, it says that Facebook admins took money from Russia intelligence to place their ads in particular positions within the website. These ads were used to ignite the flames of those in America who deal with racism, classism, views on the LGBTQ community and those who are choosing their side within the gun debate. This is an issue because if the people who are creating these platforms for us to express ourselves and so easily swayed. They managed to be persuaded by the Russian government during the 2016 election to help assist Donald Trump claim presidency over Hilary. The same tool that was created to interconnect people from all different cultures from all around the world is now the reason we’re being marginalized and manipulated. I love social media, but it’s doing more harm than good and that’s not even social media’s fault…it’s humans. But that’s another conversation for another time.

Social media is addicting. With countless platforms out there, it’s almost impossible to get away from all of them. Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter (let’s just list these for now) all have something in common: they bring people together. However, although they help to connect people this doesn’t mean that each of the relationships we make are empathetic and meaningful- and a lot of the times, these apps are used for entertainment purposes. In the article, The Truth About Facebook’s Fake Quest to Connect the World written by Noam Cohen, he makes the point that Mark Zuckerberg knows “‘Humans have the capacity to maintain empathetic relationships with about 150 people…'” and Zuckerberg claims that “Facebook extends that”.  I don’t believe that’s true. I think social media lessens the quality we have with people because we aren’t making an effort to see many of them in person and build “in-person” relationships with them- everything’s on a screen. Instead of even calling, we’re texting more or sending memes or doing whatever it is that people do instead of talking out loud and having a meaningful conversation. I have many friends, but I don’t have the capacity to have meaningful relationships with all- just a few. The claim that Facebook can extend the belief of having more than 150 empathetic friends is bogus. What does empathetic and meaningful even mean to everyone? Everyone has a different understanding of these words when it comes to describing friendships they have built with people. Social media, at least to me, is more for just connecting with people and entertainment- but as for getting the same quality relationship with someone from a bright lit screen? I don’t think so.

Social media has affected us in society in both positive and negative ways.Individuals share their end of the week, their sustenance, their garments and whatever else from the most imperative to the most  irrelevant things.It has turned into a piece of our generation lives. Having individuals on their telephones throughout the day isn’t just frustrating, yet in addition harming. Rather than conversing with somebody eye to eye and hanging out, individuals lean toward simply messaging or going on an interpersonal organization. For a few people understanding an existence without online networking is unbearable. Utilizing internet based life can have some negative impacts, for example, depression/anxiety, cyberbullying, it can bargain education, and it could affect social skills. Web based life outlets like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram allow individuals to remain associated.Online networking promoting that can achieve an a huge number of potential customers. Online life is an extraordinary instrument for making mindfulness about any social reason. Managers can connect with potential occupation searchers. It can help numerous a people to have social development and association with the world without having any problem. Numerous individuals utilize web based life to make themselves heard to the higher specialists.

Overall, based on the reading I believe social media has negatively impacted our society. Companies like Facebook started out as a new exciting way to connect with other people. I don’t think it was ever intended to do harm to our society. As time went on, I feel like most of these social media sites goal was not to improve but just to seek the attention of as many people as they possibly could get. In doing this, they increased the number of people on their platforms. Then more people will join and they could receive more money from  advertisements. Social media has become a way for people to get news quickly and easily. This is a positive effect but mostly negative because people are believing in fake news they see and false information users are posting. I feel like social media can be a dangerous thing because sites like Facebook are not regulated. They have billions of users and has a large influence on people and elections. Recently Facebook has had a scandal which is discussed in the article, “Who Will take Responsibility for Facebook?” by Virginia Hefferman. Mark Zuckerberg was approached about the issue of “fake news” influencing the race. He did not take the issue seriously and referred to it as “crazy”. I find this very surprising that sites like Facebook that has such a large influence on people would not have taken care of the issue in a more responsible matter. The article states, “Facebook is the internet of huge numbers of people. Voters in other words.” This is having a negative effect on society because the company admitted to receiving payment for ads placed by organizations. Some of these from groups who have racist believes and agendas. Even a member from the Trump campaign said, “Without Facebook we wouldn’t have won.” In the article, “Taking the You Out of  YouTube?” by Henry Jenkins mentions how larger companies like Google are purchasing different social media’s and corrupting them. This idea is also explored in the article “The Truth About Facebook’s Fake Quest to Connect the World” by Noam Cohen. The article discusses how Facebook is deteriorating furthermore. It seems like they are not taking real action to amend what they did but just avoided the issue. This is evident in a by statement by Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth, “that’s why all the work we do in growth is justified.” This statement shows they don’t take issues seriously and their main goal is growth by an means. This is why I believe sites like these should be regulated because they could have dangerous effects on society.