Information Cycle

  • Period: to

    test timespan

  • breaking news

    Twitter, Facebook, text messages, online news updates, radio, tv
  • Period: to

    years later

    reference works (encyclopedias, almanacs, etc.)
  • days after

    radio interviews, tv segments, newspapers
  • week later

    magazines (online news, tv segments, newspapers)
  • month later

    monthly magazines, longer stories newspapers, tv segments, radio, online articles
  • months later

    academic journals
  • year later

    books

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