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In a media landscape where news is constantly being reshaped by social, technological and economic factors, it’s important to understand how news is made. This is particularly true in the context of streaming. Streaming makes video news ubiquitous, and also offers viewers the chance to tailor their own experience.
In the first half of the twentieth century, radio and television became increasingly important means of transmitting and receiving news. These technologies were instrumental in the development of news as a form of knowledge.
The first modern ‘newspaper’ was the Relation aller Furnemmen und gedenckwurdigen Historien, a book published in Germany in the early 1600s. A similar model was the ancient Roman Acta Diurna, which served the same purpose in 131 BC.
In the early twentieth century, newspapers began to make the shift from factual to emotive format. Their reporters would write about news releases sent by the California Department of Education.
The town crier, a bellower who walked around a village, was limited by the distance of the news sources. But the newssheet, a pocketable and sharable record of events, was far more effective.
Today, breaking news is instant for radio and radio stations, and it’s a matter of hours for a mobile phone. As technology continues to develop, news networks are realizing that they can serve their streaming audiences more effectively than ever.
When a scandal breaks, it creates a story that grabs the attention of the media. These stories may include violence, scandal and local content. Whether it’s a police shooting in Sacramento or the Grammys, news networks are able to nichify their coverage and get it to viewers in a timely manner.
