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24-hour news cycle

Investigation and reporting of news, concomitant with fast-paced lifestyles

Investigation and reporting of news, concomitant with fast-paced lifestyles

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the fast-paced cycle of news media in technologically advanced societies

The 24-hour news cycle (or 24/7 news cycle) is the 24-hour investigation and reporting of news, concomitant with fast-paced lifestyles. The vast news resources available in recent decades have increased competition for audience and advertiser attention, prompting media providers to deliver the latest news in the most compelling manner in order to remain ahead of competitors. Television, radio, print, online and mobile app news media all have many suppliers that want to be relevant to their audiences and deliver news first.

A complete news cycle consists of the media reporting on some event, followed by the media reporting on public and other reactions to the earlier reports. The advent of 24-hour cable and satellite television news channels and, in more recent times, of news sources on the World Wide Web (including blogs), considerably shortened this process.

History

Although all-news radio operated for decades earlier, the 24-hour news cycle arrived with the advent of cable television channels dedicated to news and brought about a much faster pace of news production with an increased demand for stories that could be presented as continual news with constant updating. This was a contrast with the day-by-day pace of the news cycle of printed daily newspapers. A high premium on faster reporting would see a further increase with the advent of online news.

In 2015, Time magazine noted that the 1995 O. J. Simpson murder case was a significant early example of the 24-hour news cycle.

Critical assessment

According to former journalists Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, 24-hour news creates wild competition among media organizations for audience share. They fear these values will be replaced by a "journalism of assertion" which de-emphasizes whether a claim is valid and encourages putting a claim into the arena of public discussion as quickly as possible.

References

References

  1. Silvia, Tony. (2001). "Global News: Perspectives on the Information Age". Blackwell.
  2. (2001). "What's Next?: Problems & Prospects of Journalism". Transaction.
  3. Swanson, David L.. (2003). "Political Communication in a New Era: A Cross-national Perspective". Routledge.
  4. [https://time.com/4059067/oj-simpson-verdict/ How the O.J. Simpson Verdict Changed the Way We All Watch TV. Time]
  5. Weaver, David H.. (2006). "The American Journalist in the 21st Century: US News People at the Dawn of a New Millennium". Routledge.
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