Feb 7th, 2011
Media pyramid
Above is my media pyramid. The items that are at the bottom of the pyramid are the places I get most of my news from. Word of mouth is definitely a big contributor as I’m surrounded by people everywhere I go. People are always talking about current events and that serves as a huge source of my information. Also, I log in to AOL mail everyday and there are always stories posted right at the log-in page. Another daily source of news. Then the very popular Facebook gives me tons of information with my friends status updates, news links, videos, and wall posts.
The middle part of my media pyramid includes The Washington Post, CNN, and George Mason University. My parents receive the post and I glance at the headlines every morning before leaving for the day. I receive CNN texts to my phone with breaking news, in which I tend to get on a weekly basis. Lastly, all the different media around campus serve as a big source of news.
The top part of my media pyramid has WTOP radio. I generally listen to my iPod in the car en route to my destinations, but will periodically tune in to WTOP for weather, traffic reports, and news.
