http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-cash-20110730,0,6198166.story
It’s not terribly likely that the government will ask Apple CEO Steve Jobs for a bailout, but the company does have a lot of money. (David Paul Morris, Bloomberg / July 30, 2011)
This online newspaper provides a brief but informational article about how both Apple is dominating in profit and how our country is being dominated by debt.
In this form of media, being a daily newspaper, new articles are posted on a daily basis. More instant updates can be found in their Twitter and Facebook links. This story is expressed in different ways by the form of different types of media. The main point of each story, though, is that Apple/Macintosh is growing as a company and as a time-changing phenomenon.
ABC NEWS CAST:
This news channel focuses on the expansion of technology and all the new additions Mac is presenting. This form of media provides both visual and text, so that a viewer can see and read about what they are covering. The online channel not only covers one story, but other stories related to the topic as well. After 4 or so more updates are covered, the first story replays. This specific section updates "techies" about the newest things technology has to offer, including the newest Macs.
MACBLOG:
http://www.macrumors.com/mac/
This form of media, a blog, is more personal. It shares frequently asked questions and their answers. It also provides updates on the Apple Company including when a new Mac store will open etc. It also has some tips and statistics on Apple products. I can see by the time of each post that the blog can be updated daily; a new post can even appear an hour from the last post on the same day. So a blog is constantly being updated with new stories and new things to share, posted by the creators of the blog.
APPLE FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/tuaw.fb
This social network page says this in the description:
Its about Everything Apple.
And its mission is to bring the community of Mac and iPhone users the best tips, analysis, news and reviews... all the while trying to avoid the overwhelming effects of the RDF.
This form of media is constantly active with their updates and user-generated content. It provides information from ordinary people, like fans, to professionals of technology. Anyone is free to express
anything. There is no limit to what subject someone who "likes" this group could talk about in discussion boards, wall posts etc.
ANALYSIS:
1. Social Media is used in each and every one of the media sites. One either provides a link to a social network like Twitter or Facebook, or just a comment box, where any reader can provide input. Sure, the LA Times is much more formal and serious than the Facebook page and blog, but each are still intertwined with each other. In my opinion, I think each website agrees that viewership and participation is most important.
2. The sources that seem most legitimate is, of course the newspaper website and news broadcast. The blogs and Facebook still do share an endless stream of information, but since they are more "social" oriented, and even have "unofficial" associated with their title's, the info becomes less credible compared to the LA Times with their official journalists. To me, it depends on the reader whether or not to trust what they're reading.
3. In cases where news companies have both a website and channel, or even connections with a social network, they differ with how much information they provide. For instance, A website can have much more detail and be a longer article than a broadcast because on can refer back to the article at any time. When news is on TV, the story has to be covered in a timely manner, therefore most often provides only the main points of a story and not all the details. Sometimes, one can even find news videos online, just like the ABC newscast. These are usually more short clips compared to the actual one on TV. So if you compare the different medias, online articles usually consist of detail about a story, more than a broadcast on TV, but news clips online are shorter than the actual program on the television.
4. There does exist some controversy about how social networking and other media devices have affected journalism. Some would agree that, it overall helps the public become informed quickly; others believe that things such as Twitter is "too informal a device for such serious events". New technologies always bring new ethical problems. "The key question that a journalist should ask before using any new technological innovation is this: 'Is there a legitimate journalistic reason for reporting the story this way, or am I just dong it because I can?'"(Dominick 90). So there are a few questionable things about Twitter but it's how a lot of people get updated and "stay in the loop". However, in the end, credibility is a chief concern. Just as with traditional media, we have to decide how much faith to invest in Twitter and behave accordingly.
