Communication Has Come A Long Way Since Cave Man Days

What communication formats are the most useful and successful today? Is Twitter the new Facebook? Is there a better way? What new media helps maintain the integrity of journalism?

Communication amongst people has come a long way from cave painting 30,000 years ago.  Messaging has evolved from sending smoke signals on the tops of mountains to the 21^st century where people can, in an instant, communicate with someone on the other side of the world.

Today many forms of communication are successful.  Whether one is conducting business or chatting with friends, the most common forms of communication are through emails, blogging, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other digital media, like Skype, and Pinterest.

 Of course, telephones are used all of the time, everyday to communicate for business purposes and with friends.  The newspaper, although antiquated, is still an effective means of communication although it contains “old news” by the time it arrives when compared to getting news from radio, television, Internet or digital devices. 

As of today Facebook and Twitter are the most popular forms of communication.  It seems as though Twitter is the new Facebook where information is passed on to others in short , concise snippets.  News can be instantly hash tagged on Twitter and tweeted.  Facebook is also fast, but is used mostly by friends to send pictures and information back and forth to one another. 

Communication is changing all of the time.  Besides tweeting  there are other ways, however, they take time, such as teleconferences and Skyping.  The news media has the mindset that the faster information can be released the better.   With the rush it becomes important for journalists to maintain their integrity.  Being the first to break a story is important but being a good, accurate journalist is what is essential.  Having journalistic integrity and the public’s trust is what is most important.

Twitter is a way for journalists to help maintain that integrity.  It is more professional than Facebook.Twitter is where the breaking news is located as compared to Facebook. Twitter has become the place where journalists come to report the news.  This has made twitter very valuable as a news source for journalists and viewers.