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One of the main reasons to believe that journalism is coming to an end is that any user has the chance to create content by using their mobile phones (video, images, tweets, etc.) and share it with the rest of the population, like a journalist would do. ![technological change, social change](https://thewellesleynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/0070a97.jpg) ## TRADITIONAL MEDIA VS INTERNET Traditional media mainly, throughout history have played the role of informing, but it is not the only one. They also had the function of educating, entertaining, socializing, marketing or advertising. It is true that some of these functions can be performed by using internet us a users, but not all of them. Journalists have knowledge to know what information they can publish, many of the users who publish content do so without contrasting it, that is why the figure of the journalist is very important in this aspect. ## EXPERIENCE JOURNALISM All from our experience we can create information from different perspectives, from different feelings, or you can even invent it. But, it is true that, that users have the option to issue information does not mean that we have the ability to reach society or that you are interested in our information. Getting this is not available to anyone, people are increasingly demanding the content they want to receive, so creating something that gets their attention is quite complicated. We are again talking about the same topic, it is true that the user can share the experience that is living and create the content like a journalist would do, even though the quality of that content is not the same in a user as in a journalist, and this is something to take into account. (Shirky, 2008) ### Videos here: [experience journalism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEVNA8EnTeA) ## PLACE IN THE FUTURE On the one hand, the media and the journalism, have had until the emergence of ICT the strength and power to select the news and choose the correct point of view to transfer it to society. This power still retains it and is an essential weapon for society. Among so much information users want us to tell us what information is accurate and what is not. On the other hand, as mentioned above, the media have also had the function of educating, which is essential to guide this society without control. We all have a mobile phone, computer, etc. with internet and very few know how to use it in its entirety. Therefore, the media should be a break so that society does not lose that control. It is true that the internet has absorbed the other functions. But researching and rushing to the new changes that ICTs can offer us, it is clear that the media must have a place in society since no user can educate or label news as truthful for society. ![place in the future](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w9XO9zBePXE/SgtPox8E9tI/AAAAAAAABOA/uUZa6Y_te8M/s400/journalism_cartoon.jpg) ## INTERESTING LINKS Here you will be able to find to interesting articles about what we have been talking about: * \[X] [What is the future of journalism. THE GUARDIAN](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/15/what-is-the-future-of-journalism) * \[X] [What is the future of journalism in the digital world. FORBES](https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/12/18/what-is-the-future-of-journalism-in-the-digital-world/#78f8c5c36a39) * \[X] [The Future of Journalism. BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/future_of_journalism.pdf) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://msgw2018.gitbook.io/a6/journalism/the-future-of-the-media-and-journalism.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. 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