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Lesson 1 The News: Getting It the Way You Want to
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Fewer and fewer people are reading newspapers. A rapidly increasing percentage of people check the
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Internet for news. According to a survey, more than a third of Americans (under thirty)get their news
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through social networking sites. Information media is changing, and this has a large effect on us.
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The Internet has delivered a number of fatal blows to the newspaper industry. News can be read free
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of charge on the Internet. As a result a large number of people have stopped buying hard copies of
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newspapers. Furthermore, newspapers receive far less money from companies for advertisements.
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Advertisers have abandoned newspapers for the Internet because the latter is cheaper. They have also
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come to realize that newspapers are not reaching large audiences as more people read the news online.)
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After the recession of 2008, advertising in general has decreased.
advertising
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However, there are dangers lurking online. Most of us assume that the information that comes
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through the Internet) is unbiased and objective. This is no longer true. Now/Internet companies will
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suggest what is best for you) Many Internet companies use everything from where you are logging in to
(what you have searched before to make guesses about who you are and what kinds of sites you like) This
individual information is used in advertising. Companies show you the pages they predict you are most
likely to click on. This kind of personalization isn't just shaping what you buy. Some online news sites have
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started a personalized version of their service. You'll see only stories that are personally relevant to you,
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based on the interests that you've clicked on in the past))

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When our media is a perfect reflection of our interests and desires, important but unpleasant issues
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are less likely to come to our attention. In a world constructed from the familiar there's less room/
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chance to encounter new insights, though creativity is often sparked by the collision of existing ideas with
new ones. A personalized environment/can have consequences for curiosity To have feelings of curiosity,)
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we have to be conscious that something's being hidden]. If the Internet hides things, we're not inclined to
learn about what we don't know.]
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In newspapers, on the other hand, the articles that the editors think are the most important come to
the front page. The readers at least glance at the front page/even if they are not interested in the contents
of the article. If there is a huge political scandal, enough people come to know about it. Newspaper
editors and publishers have a responsibility to inform and form public opinion.)
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News shapes our sense of the world. If there is no steady supply of trustworthy news and we don't
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understand the problems (our societies face) we can't act together (to fix them. For a long time newspapers
have provided the foundation of shared experience and shared knowledge.) Who will have this public
responsibility when the Internet becomes the primary provider of news?
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++= Q1 What percentage of Americans under thirty are getting news from social networking sites?
Q2 Why have advertisers abandoned newspapers for the Internet?
ZQ3 What is the problem when a world is constructed from the familiar?