Ford, “ Facebook and the End of the Epiphanator: An End to Endings?”

Ford does not really like Facebook but uses it all the time. It gives him an insight into peoples lives that he would not have before and allows him to see how people deal with situations. Epiphanator has to do with the process of old media that loose importance due to Facebook. He argues that social media are getting rid of real deep conversation. Anyone can be heard by billions of people. We can choose a side or choose to participate. We can "like" things on Facebook but it doesn't give a degree to how much we like it. Its difficult to determine of this Epiphanator will take kill older media.
Discussion Questions:
1. Do you think social media will kill newspapers, magazines, and journals?
2. How do you find out about breaking news events? Facebook? or newspapers?
A block about facebook replacing news websites
Facebook replacing news portals