Our class, surprisingly, had a big diversity on their sources of news. Still though, A majority of our class relies on the internet as their news sources. Facebook is surprisingly a prominent news sources for lots of us too on top of news specific sites. The news sites we all visit vary from person to person but many of people visit at least one or two. These provide us with the quick satisfaction of seeing what is going on at any time of the day. I was shocked at how many other sources of news our class had. There were a couple who said they still read the paper, or previously read the paper when it was more readily available to them. I can see the appeal of this because I feel if I had a paper to read I would read into more articles on broader topics than I do on the internet. On top this, the radio was mentioned a few times. I know for me personally, I try to skip all commercials if I have to listen to the radio so I have not really looked at it as a news source. TV also was a fairly common news source. Many people said they watched the Colbert Report or the Daily show for news. Though these often done in a comedic fashion but still provide the relevant news of the day. Using the radio or TV for news also allows for a person to be multitasking, not necessarily focusing on the news, but paying attention when words of interest are mentioned. The appeal to this form of news is similar to that of the internet because people are able to get more done if they are not solely listening or reading the news, which many people find vital in our fast paced society.
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