BREAKING NEWS!
We see it on TV news shows everyday. It's in the headlines of newspapers for the really, really big story, but in today's world, what really is considered "breaking news?"
On August 23, there was a 5.8 earthquake in Virginia. Like many other areas, we felt it here in Hickory, NC as well. The headlines yesterday and today on newspapers, TVs and the Internet are leading with "Breaking News."
Here's the thing. 1 minute after I felt the tremors, I checked first Twitter, then Facebook. In that 1 minute, I knew that there had been an earthquake in Virginia, roughly how strong it was, that it was felt from as far away as New York, NC and PA (and later up into Canada) and the reason WHY it was felt so far away. ONE MINUTE.
Yesterday, I read that in that same one minute, Twitter had over 40,000 (40 THOUSAND) tweets about the earthquake. That's huge.
What does this mean for Breaking NEWS? The TV news and especially the papers are usually way behind the story, it seems.
What does this mean to you? If you want to connect with people on a level that has been previously unheard of, you may want to get involved with Twitter and to a Facebook.
What are your thoughts?
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