Television is another medium of news and current affairs in a country or vicinity; more often news is being brought live and dollar to naira black market rate today. However, internet can also bring such advantages for news viewers and readers. Aside from full articles on popular news, there are websites which enable viewers to watch news like what they can find on TV.
Any kind of advantages of having one over the other?
Does TV offer something which the internet cannot provide?
Which will you choose Internet News or it News?
Let us try to type in the two aspects that both news media can offer…
Credibility
TV Credibility — all news brought by the television are increasingly being reported by real journalists who are earning a living for the network. All of which are extracted from real accounts of men and women or situations who are the subjects of the reports. Thus, reports are reputable as well as the reporters and subjects. Therefore, when you are watching a TV report, you can be assured that the contents are true. Internet Credibility — blogging made bloggers a different type of journalists bringing different kinds of news written such to reflect the opinion of the people who have witnessed the situations on first account in order to reflect their own way of speaking. Although, there are real paid journalist writers but they are so few to prepare a small percentage in Internet journalism. Thus, you will not be surprised to see some news which cannot really pass the standards of real journalism.
Quality
TV News — most of the news broadcasts on TV are fresh or just recently happened. Television networks are so keen with the latest happenings locally or country. They get contacts inside police areas to be able to dig the records of people who are subjects of their news. This is just a good sign that TV news are fresh and delivered just moments away from the time they happened. Internet News — while there are millions of bloggers around the world, they keep watch on the latest and most recent news that happened around the world. More often than not, bloggers also get their stories from the TV or newspapers; you can call these kinds of news resale because they’ve been delivered in other media. Most of the news discussion boards are built from news networks; TV networks build their own websites to provide fresh news to online readers.
Why do we must consider these two aspects when reading news?
First off, credibility is important because everybody do not want to read news which may not be true or wrong is some aspects. News readers read news because they wanted to know what really happened, how it happened or when it happened. So, why not make sure you are reading the correct and reputable news?
Secondly, fresh news sell better than older ones. A lot of people prefer to read most recent news over people who happened last year. The point is, you want to know what is going on today than what already happened, right. There are certain advantages and drawbacks in a media. However, it is still up for you to choose which one would work better. A lot of people enroll in online news discussion boards and communities while also checking to newspapers and magazines