One of the lectures I went to during the humanities symposium was "Truth In 140 Characters?" which focused on social media's influence on the way we receive our news. It focused on how we use Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets to receive our news. 2 students were on the panel and they discussed how due to social media they found out about the soccer coach scandal that occurred last year. Once that was brought up, the whole conversation seemed to shift to the scandal and not exactly about what the lecture was truly meant to be about, which kind of bummed me out. While the lecture was informative had it stayed on topic, like I wish it would have, it would have been a so much better lecture and by far more informative.
One thing I did take away was that with social media we are able to get news and information much faster than we have in years past. Almost instantly we are able to find out what's going on anywhere and everywhere in the world. We can use our computers, smart phones, etc. and we have access to all sorts of news at our fingertips. Without social media, news would take awhile to get out and wouldn't travel as fast.
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