Germy

All day yesterday, during lectures and then while studying with some friends, I couldn't help but to refresh the  thread on reddit that had the continuous updating of the manhunt in Boston. Most of you are probably aware of reddit, and if not that site, other internet forum boards. In no way am I the first to reflect on this stark change in how many people receive their news, but I'll throw in my two cents concerning what this means for the future for us as a culture, but also for main stream media outlets. Last summer we saw the shooting during the Batman premier in Colorado ( Huff Post referencing reddit ,  good concise article about reddit's coverage ) and the subsequent coverage paradigm shift from cable news to personal accounts and direct police scanner updates on user submitted content derivation sites (i.e., reddit). Of course, there are also links to television station streams, local and national, other "official" news outlets, but also other soc