Blog Post 2

This week we watched an interview of the renowned American journalist Katie Couric and how social media has influence her career. In the interview Couric said that she had to quickly adapt to the growing use of social media by her audience; she knew if she did not expand her methods of new publication she would out of the job. Plus Couric knew by using all these media tools to know exactly what her audience members wanted to hear. However Couric and the interviewer did question how reliable is the internet and media because people are gullible and will believe anything they read. That is why it is advised to wait and research events for confirmation of authenticity. As Katie Couric went on she considered her fans to be family when she mentioned that both her and her fans had three children together; she had that idea to hook her audience and to keep them interested in her and the news she would present. Plus Dr. Kinghorn responded to my question: does an institute’s admissions board research Facebook and other social media before accepting a candidate? Apparently yes. I was able find a picture on Pinterest showing a flow chart of social media and the years they came into existence. Once the year 2000 came along every year after that new social media portals were being created like people wanted to make sure they to talk to their friend without speaking as many ways as possible. Not all forms of social media survived but with the trend seen it looks like the world will always have a way of silent communication. I just wonder why do people want to know intimate information about the person on television, I myself have enough cousins to keep myself occupied. I do not need a stranger to interrupt my time.