Print-Based Media and TV News Broadcasts
9th Century
Print-Based Media
TV News Broadcasts
1920s
2000s/2010s
Video-Based Social Media
Text and Image-Based Media
2010s
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Let’s now focus on Video-Based Social Media and Text-Based and Image-Based Social Media.
Video-based social media was developed during the 2000s and the 2010s. With its ability to convey information in a short-form manner it makes it highly accessible to the general audience. However, content creators may value views over the accuracy of information. On the other hand, long-form content provides a more detailed and potentially more complete view of the content.
Text-based and image-based social media gained popularity recently due to the advancement of the digital world and increased access to the internet. Since almost anyone can post anything, information can often be subjective and less accurate.
Let’s assess these two media types using the RADAR method:
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