The effect new and digital media will have had on the way that audiences respond to news stories.

• Audience will be able to receive news quicker on sites such as Twitter
• Smart phones allow internet access, audience can get direct news stories
• After receiving news stories audience can use social networking sites to express their opinions
• Typing a news story into google will get millions of results in a matter of seconds
• Podcasts allow consistent updates of news stories onto ipods
• News stories can get sent directly to emails which can now be accessed through smart phones
• Youtube- people can upload their own news stories and opinions, their own broadcast institution
• Twitter allows raw news to be received by audiences of followers quickly and first hand