Social media has allowed everyday citizens to become authors, editors, and publishers of news and information. Do you believe that social media has increased the quality of news and information or decreased it?

We, as very opinionated human beings are very open to voicing our opinions on specific topics and events. We receive a lot of information through the web, smartphones and word of mouth but, we don't necessarily know exactly where it's coming from. 

On sites like Wikipedia where information is always supposed to be accurate and up to date you can find that most of the facts being written can be changed. In my opinion, I believe that social media has done both in increasing the quality of news and information but, I also think it takes away from those who base their entire life on searching for the truth like journalists. Social media has allowed every day people to be their own journalist, their own newsstand, their own source but, we forget that unless we do thorough research then we won't know the actual truth. There are so many negatives with being your own source, that you don't realize that you feeding others false information which can be easily avoided by people who are actually qualified to do so. 

It's not all negative though, there are some awesome perks to being able to voice your opinions. In social media, you are able to create your very own personalize blog, website, podcast, and Youtube account. You are able to speak your mind, and give news access to those who may not watch the 6 o'clock news. It's as easy as tweeting a sentence made up of 140 characters. Simple and effective is how it normally should be. There is no such thing as being too opinionated but there is when it's offensive and not relevant to the topic. Social media is a great tool, but it can also take away the truth we all, as human beings search for.