I have decided to do my presentation on social media and how it  distributes and presents breaking news. Whenever breaking news hits, social media plays an integral part in people receiving that breaking news.  Past breaking news that I believe social media has has a big influence on include; the killing of Osama Bin Laden, The Boston Marathon Bombing, The Presidential elections of 2008 and 2012, and the Sandy Hook school shooting , to name a few breaking news events of recent memory. Social media allows people to voice how they feel about a breaking news event in real time and to help spread the breaking news. I believe the days are gone of exclusively reporting breaking news from television or radio because social media can do it much faster and social media allows people that are directly impacted by a breaking news event to voice their concerns via social media.