With recent world events, especially natural disasters, there seems to be a clamour amongst the reporting industry to be 1st on site. Consumers of information, across the world, sign on to various services – news alert on sms, news channel on the net, facebook, to name a few – to catch the latest. Much effort is given to get the news asap.
Actually how is this different from yesteryear’s label of ‘being busybody’ or what we locally say ‘kay-poh’? Is it the act of wanting to know immediately or is it the nature of content that differentiates the 2 eras?
It is known in my country that whenever a traffic accident happens, the jam that ensues is usually because passing cars slow down to look. Is that the same as wanting to be onsite asap?
Keeping an eye on the news leader at the bottom of the screen, is that the same as being ‘busybody’?
I think it is a fine line……human nature will be human nature. :)
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