Morton students choose social media over tv broadcast to stay informed
January 29, 2021
According to the article “Teens hit Social Media For news” by Dian Schaffhausen, most teens rely on social media instead of News podcast Tv stations. Although most young adults between the ages of 15-19 claim to use social media as their main source to stay informed, some students still use news sources regularly to stay educated on current events. Amusingly enough, the distinguishing way in which teen stay informed does make one or the other less informative. One thing that is clear would be that these upcoming generations might not stay tuned to the news the traditional way, but are indeed taking the information of what is happening in today’s society and keeping everyone up to date with a simple share and post button. In a recent survey of Morton students it showed that 21 students out of 22 choose social media as their main source to stay informed on todays events.
“I can imagine why social media is the main source for students, I use it myself to stay informed on the go especially in times like these” said Civics teacher Sandoval.
Along with the perspective of Morton teachers students seem to provide why they love social media as their main source of news
” I’m almost sure all teens love how social media can open so many doors like keeping up with the news, keeps teens informed with them not even realizing they’re being educated” said Senior Noemi Viallalobos
Although the popularity of social media to stay informed rises they do not discredit tv broadcasting
” I can say social media is the one I rely on the most mainly because its in the palm of my hand, but I must admit I keep up with the news through the tv on major events” said
senior Arely Ramirez.
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Kevin gaspar • Mar 15, 2021 at 5:28 pm
This article I can relate to because I go on either Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram and on those apps there is always someone sharing the latest news or events happening especially like sports.
Adan Cruz • Feb 11, 2021 at 2:22 am
Teacher Belmares, Personally I don’t watch the news because its filled with news that really isn’t ours to worry about but with social media we can get the news we want especially for sports or things we like so its not a surprise that most kids our age use social media instead of actual tv.
Adan Cruz • Feb 11, 2021 at 2:21 am
Teacher Belmares, Personally I don’t watch the news because its filled with news that really isn’t ours to worry about but with social media we can get the news we want especially for sports or things we like so its not a surprise that most kids our age use social media instead of actual tv.
Manuel Macias BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 10:36 pm
I like this article because it helps to show us how many young adults and students rely on social media, in order to stay informed on what is happening around them and to be able to contact people in an easier and faster way.
Manuel Macias BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 10:35 pm
I like this article because it helps to show us how many young adults can rely on social media, in order to stay informed on what is happening around them and to be able to contact people in an easier and faster way.
Norell Stepanek - Daly • Feb 9, 2021 at 3:06 pm
This was a nice article! It’s important to acknowledge that a lot of how we get news nowadays is through out phones or computers instead of the TV. I think it would have been interesting if you’d included how many different angles and points of view you can get online, but that’s really the only thing I can think of that could have been added to make this better. There are a few typos, but otherwise it was a good read.
Alondra Rogel Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 2:19 pm
BeImares- I relate and agree with this article. Now a days it is easier to keep up with the news thru social media since phones ae with is all the time. It also lets us see what people think about the topic in the comments for example.
Jesus Salgado (BELMARES) • Feb 9, 2021 at 2:09 pm
BELMARES
Honestly, I agree with this whole article because for us in this generation that’s our news to see what’s going on in the world. Like the news on TV would be like our parents gen. But also it’s our entertainment when we got nothing to do.
Reynaldo Camas (Ms. Belmares) • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:29 pm
(Ms. Belmares) Social media is a very useful tool to stay informed, I personally don’t use it that much as I watch news broadcast but for a quick reference social media is very useful. Although that being said many groups have learned to spread misinformation in social media and we have to be vigilant and know what is true and what is not.
alyssa mercado - BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:27 pm
BELMARES
i completely agree with this article, because I mainly use social media for new as well. I think that based on what I’ve seen the news seems more biased and overexaggerates things, or doesn’t cover everything. While this can happen on social media too, they usually give evidence and/or I can look more articles right after to learn about it.
Anahi Solis, BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:25 pm
BELMARES- I like that this article held different viewpoints of different people, and how it gave us statistics and such. I personally also prioritize social media instead of TV broadcast to stay informed. I do think it has to do with how this generation uses social media a lot more, because most times it is at hand, whether it be on their phone or computer.
Jose Delgado • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:19 pm
BELMARES/ I truly agree with this article as I use social media to know what is going on in the world and what is going on around me. For this generation I feel it is just more easier for us, as we are younger, to understand it more than we would on the news.
Michelle Tapia (BELMARES) • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:07 pm
BELMARES
I think many students get their information off social media and other resources because we are on social media all day so it may cross our paths or we remember about the topic and look more into in whether its social media or google. They might also watch in on tv because they might be with their parents or watching tv and it comes up and just have a deeper look into it on their social media or any way they can to have more information on it.
Maia Solis • Feb 9, 2021 at 9:02 am
I can agree that most of us will use social media to stay in contact with people or just to see what everyone is talking about/ basic information.
-BELMARES
Belmares, Iker Pina • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:38 am
I also stay up to date with news on social media because I rarely watch the news. I Love the way you state facts about how different people think, even though most of them also hear news on social media.
ashley perez • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:30 am
i agree with social media being the main source. social media can keep you informed of everything that’s going on in the city or even all around the world. right now with this pandemic going on its important to keep yourself update it and social media will have the answers.
Karla Padilla- Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:24 am
I could relate to this article because I also go on social media to see what’s going on especially tiktok they give evidence with what they are saying about what’s going on meanwhile sometimes we cant trust the news.
Vanessa Valdez • Feb 9, 2021 at 7:38 am
BELMARES
I am not surprised that students choose social media to get informed instead of watching television for the news. Using social media and websites to keep updated is better than the news because you’re able to have the articles and videos on your phone. I like how this article is written it is kept short and is informational. One thing I like is other people opinions on it.
Driana Ortega-BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 7:29 am
BELMARES- I really liked this article, it gave me information about how much students really do rely on social media to stay update with current news. I was shocked to see that 21students out of 22 choose social media as their main way to stay informed. This made me start thinking about our generation and how much we rely on social media. I like how this article quotes what other peoples opinions are. I found it interesting how the civics teacher also stays updated about stuff with social media.
Kimberly Santander (Belmares) • Feb 9, 2021 at 7:28 am
BELMARES
After reading this article, I also strongly believe that students prefer to get the news off social media. As a student myself, I do not really get the news off from a newspaper or by watching it on the television. I usually get the current events from Twitter or Instagram. To be honest, I also prefer to get news off social media because you have a chance to see others opinion (from the comments).
kassandra pereda BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 7:24 am
BELMARES
i like how the school is doing articles on social media knowing it is important to students. It gives us more an understanding of what is going on with the world. i would love to see the schools take on social media and its affect on us students in the future.