With the proliferation of smartphones, virtual reality, augmented reality and ever-improving algorithms, prepare to ‘experience’ news that offers multiple viewpoints and is truly immersive, Tracey Follows argues
Recently, the CIA tweeted the events of the Osama Bin Laden raid as if it were happening today. Is that news? The content might not be, but the fact that the CIA was tweeting new content of this nature live on Twitter made it so. Nearly every day that we watch a piece of breaking news, that news includes a pivotal piece of mobile-video footage taken by a passer-by or citizen journalist. Thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones, it’s now often the people on the ground who indepen
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