Journalism has become a Smackdown Pay Per View Spectacle

3000riley.c@gmail.com cr451912@ohio.edu Christopher Riley I am part of a generation that was raised not knowing the political affiliation of most of our peers. Our elementary school teachers taught us Social Studies in a way that allowed us to think for ourselves without knowing where the instructor stood on most issues. Times have changed since then as we now live in a world where opinions and voices are heard at a more rapid rate thanks to advances in technology. Try to imagine what the world would have been like in the 80’s or 90’s had social media existed then. Information went from being sought out in books and conversation, to literally being in our pocket. Perhaps this why political opinions are more vocal now than they used to be. In the same way that how we share our voices have changed, so has journalism. Journalism has come a long way since the days of telling stories in social settings. It seems with every passing year it evolves even faster. In today’s world, Journalism ...