The immediate viral marketing of the blog, YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, Flickr, Wikipedia and other such platforms of online social interaction are sweeping the media space by storm. This relatively new form of information goes beyond the news and enters into the social network at the local level. It is at this level that news takes on a more personal, active, and tactile role. Add to this Instagram’s latest release of their Real-Time API and you’ve got a real-time view of the world that is ever growing, further narrowing the gap in time between coasts and continents. (more…)


