Facebook has evolved and significantly changed the way news organizations communicate. For all intensive purposes, social media (starting with Facebook) in general has turned the media industry upside down. For example, back in 2004, users could only interact with textual posts. Users can now submit photographs, movies, live material, virtual reality, and 360-degree videos, among other things (Pires Luciano, October 2019). Phones and cameras allow everyone to be a reporter and social media platforms give everyone a venue to share. For the last 15 years, news organizations have been forced to embrace the use of online news platforms. More than eight-in-ten U.S. adults (86%) say they get news from a smartphone, computer, or tablet “often” or “sometimes,” including 60% who say they do so often (Shearer, January 2021). Traditional news organizations have had no choice but to adopt and embrace social media, with the push first coming from Facebook back in the early 2000s primarily because
How technology has transformed communication
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