{"id":3113,"date":"2015-04-27T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theaccent.org\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2015-04-27T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T18:57:10","slug":"brian-who-millennials-change-channels-on-tradional-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/brian-who-millennials-change-channels-on-tradional-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Who? Millennials Change Channels on Tradional Media"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Story by Noor Alahmadi, Editor in Chief<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Young viewers move away from network news and tune in to on-demand and citizen sourced news while consumers ponder traditional notions of journalistic integrity<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Brian Williams\u2019 fall from grace revealed the younger generation\u2019s shift from traditional media toward online news outlets.<\/p>\n

While NBC\u2019s 30-and-older demo- graphic wonders what they will do without their beloved anchor, many younger viewers don\u2019t seem con- cerned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know who Brian Williams is,\u201d Valeria Montoya, an ACC physics major, said. \u201cI read news through sources like the New York Times\u2019 online website, a TIME subscription, and blogs I keep up with on social media such as Tumblr and Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Appointment television, where people watch a show at a specific broadcast time, is giving way to push notifications and website checks, Paul Brown, assistant professor of journalism, said. \u201cI think the days of people watching network newscasts, in terms of the younger generation, no longer exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Constant updates to online information provide faster, easier and perhaps more entertaining ways to receive news. Many newspapers publish content online before their papers are printed, while Twitter and Facebook make it easy for just about anyone to become a citizen journalist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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YouTube has allowed those without formal journalism training to create news broadcasts such as The Philip DeFranco Show and SourceFed.<\/p>\n

Now that news is no longer exclusively in the hands of journalists, this new generation of news providers and consumers must decide whether the old standards of journalistic ethics and accuracy apply to online media and bloggers.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike traditional journalists who face repercussions from their networks, the repercussions for YouTubers and bloggers comes from their audience directly,\u201d Logan White, an engineering major at ACC, who does not watch network news, said.<\/p>\n

With numerous sources vying for attention, do audiences value sensationalism over accuracy?<\/p>\n

This may be the very question Brian Williams asked himself after being suspended for embellishing accounts of his war-zone experiences.<\/p>\n

The Williams\u2019 scandal was highly publicized. However, if the prized 18-33 year old demographic isn\u2019t watching, maybe the importance of journalistic integrity is losing ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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