In Today's society, more and more people are joining social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter. In the morning, rather than switching on the TV to catch up on the latest news, we would rather go on Facebook, Twitter, etc to see what's been happening in the world. One of the reasons of this is because of the easy accessibility, we can just wake up, turn our smartphone on, and go on the app. Simple. Also, it is much faster to get information on there. If you're watching the news and want to know about something specific, you would have to wait until they start talking about it whereas on social networking sites, all you have to do is type it in the search bar and it automatically comes up. More and more people are commenting on stories, tweeting, and making videos that are spread quickly and able to reach millions within hours."The world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, was killed in a top-secret mission. Who broke the news of his death first? It wasn't CNN or Fox News. An individual on Twitter got the news out before any of the major networks. Keith Urbahn, chief of staff to former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, tweeted the following: “So I'm told by a reputable person they have killed Osama bin Laden. Hot damn." This shows that people are using social networking sites to report news straight after they get informed about it. So, does this mean that in the future generation less people will actually watch the news on TV? Will news channels such as the BBC remain popular? Or will social networking sites lose its popularity?
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