Saturday 21 July 2018

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Keeping Up With Arab News Online

By Nancy Clark


Humankind is at a distinct disadvantage, at least in terms of physical ability. Pretty much every animal of comparable mass has a distinct advantage in speed, strength, or natural weapons. Even among the great apes, humanity is weak. The chimp, which is much smaller than a human being, is around one and one half times stronger than a full grown man. But what humanity does have is its brain. It got this brain because evolution decided that humankind should have increased intelligence in exchange for muscular development. Of course, this intellect require stimulation, and reading Arab news online is a great way to get that stimulation.

There is a reason that people follow the news. That is because what happens in one country may have lasting effects on another. What goes down in certain regions is going to affect the policies and military budgets of certain nations. As such, it is important to keep up with everything that is going on in the world.

There is a level of convenience that the internet has that traditional media sources just do not have the capacity to meet. A reader can take in their information at their own pace, do so at leisure, without having to wait for anyone else to either catch up or slow down. This is why most younger people tend to go to the internet.

Reading or watching. That is how people consume their media. Most websites on the internet will have content that can be either read or viewed by their visitors.

The internet is open. That means that everyone is welcome on it. This means that anyone can put whatever they want on it. Truth does not matter. What matters is getting the message out. It matters not if the message has any kind of objective fact behind it. Facts do not matter as much as getting readers or viewers.

In the old days, news would spread by people reading papers and watching a show on the television. Then they would tell their friends about the media they just consumed, and then those friends would go ahead and consume that very same media. It works the same way today, but it goes at a much faster rate thanks to social media. A person can now post a link on their social media. Then their friends or followers will click on it and read it for themselves.

Unfortunate as it is, there are places in the world where the public is more readily incline to believe the worst news stories. That is the way of the world. Some places, and the individuals who live in them, are going to be seen as a little bit more savage than others.

What is even more unfortunate is that sometimes that pessimism is justified. There are parts of the planet that are war torn, that have been torn apart by conflict. Every week, there are stories of an innocent being murdered or whole crowds being blown up.

Keeping up with the news can be hard. Not just as a task, but also emotionally speaking. It can take a toll. But that toll could be worth it.




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