The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released a study that suggests television news needs to revamp its approach to how it uses videos to support its reporting. The study found that YouTube has become a major news source — in particular, for eyewitness videos — that could one day rival traditional TV news broadcasts. Not that television news is in danger of an immediate demise — the survey notes that television viewership is still the top source of news consumption. However, digital video sharing is a huge growth channel.
On YouTube, people in effect become producers of their own news programs -- they can watch the stories they want any time they choose, in whatever order they choose, repeated as often as they please.
Loading ...
YouTube: All the News That's Fit to Video
Posted by: Erika Morphy July 17, 2012 08:30 AMThe Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released a study that suggests television news needs to revamp its approach to how it uses videos to support its reporting. The study found that YouTube has become a major news source — in particular, for eyewitness videos — that could one day rival traditional TV news broadcasts. Not that television news is in danger of an immediate demise — the survey notes that television viewership is still the top source of news consumption. However, digital video sharing is a huge growth channel.