Wenham, MA – At a time where the use of the internet for everything is prevalent, it was an fascinating task to see where Gordon students, professors and faculty were getting their news. It was a fascinating mission to see whether people were using the internet for their news, or whether they were using print journalism to get their information.
Four members of the Gordon community were interviewed. Two current Gordon students, Junior Daniel Perednia and Senior German Disla had great opinions on news and where they get their news. Perednia, 20 of Granby, Connecticut admitted that he didn’t really check the news much, except for when he wanted to know more about sports. However, he did say that when he did happen to check news, he used CNN.com to get his news fix. However, Perednia spends most of his time getting sports news from ESPN.com.
Disla, a music major at Gordon, had a slightly different view on the news. He also loves sports, but he does try to make sure he stays up on the current news. He feels that it is very important, especially when you spend months in the bubble that is the Gordon community. Disla gets his news from Yahoo.com, Google.com, and surprisingly enough, his local print newspaper, when he can get his hands on it.
Also interviewed was a valued member of Gordon’s faculty, Chris Imming, 29, Director of Media Services. It was awesome to see the contrast between Imming and the students, as he got almost no sports news. When Imming needs news, he always visits drudgereport.com. Drudge Report is a very interesting news aggregator where headlines are collected and placed on this one page, with links to their creators. Imming stated that it is just plain easier to use Drudge report for his news.
Also interviewed was Dr. Michael Monroe, 47, Associate Professor of Music. Dr. Monroe only uses online news sources. He stated that he simply does not have time to find and read printed newspapers. Online news is easy and can be read on the fly using a cell phone or a laptop computer. Dr. Monroe gets most of his news from BostonGlobe.com, which is a local newspaper, and iGoogle.com.
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