The blogosphere has become something that is both unique and dynamic in it's ability to inform or express emotion or information. The use of magazines, books, newspapers or the news has not wavered however instead more substitutes and avenues of ways to inform ourselves have risen. Take for example the recent death of John McCarthy. An absolute tradgedy in what was a promising and young career of a Port Adelaide footballer. For a public figure, personal information can travel within two counterparts with a simple click of the button. This is quite ridiculous but also very effective. So effective in fact that the media itself refused to release the name of the player (despite the event happening half way across the world in America) because a few members of the public already had knowledge of the players death even before the family themselves.
Channels of communication extend further through such social media as Twitter and Tumblr. The fact of the matter is, it is now easier than ever to stay up to date with information (from whom you choose to receive it from) and this makes for a quite global influence.
I learnt of John McCarthy's death through twitter despite the fact that none of his relatives had any idea of the incident. This is because the telegram call (which was once perceived as the quickest way to relay information) was much, much slower than someone writing 'RIP John McCarthy' and that post being retweeted hundreds of times before it finally reached my computer screen.
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