What Have We Learned?

In this class, I have discovered many facets about the mass media around me. For the most part, I focused on the news found on the internet. The many things that can be learned about the internet are so vast and would take so long to discover everything. The news can be accessed from nearly anywhere in the world since wireless interrnet became available, and the availability of the internet has affected many other businesses such as the newspaper and television news. The news found on the internet focuses not only on a national level, but also a international level. We can learn about events happening in China or Europe and any other part of the world. The impact of the news can have a strong effect on our decision making. We can learn about events that will be life changing such as the 9/11 attacks, or about the state of the stock market. For many, the news is a need to know thing, but other stories may not be so necessary. Some stories just are fun facts and have no real impact on our lives. The news keeps us updated to the changing world around us. Internet news is updated very often whereas newspapers or TV news comes out at certain times of the day. The news is always changing, and it is good to know about what is happening so that you can stay safe and be prepared for events to come.