Millions people around world access news from a variety of different sources on a daily basis. The internet is an extremely popular way to access new stories and there a variety of different websites where people can review news stories as they unfold.  Not only are there millions of different website with news articles, but along with the introduction of social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube these news stories are spreading faster and faster. 

Obviously the larger news stories and potential moment defining events will be spread through hearsay, but the internet has allowed for the smaller less important news stories to reach everyone’s eyes and ears, particularly the humorous stories.  Being distracted at work can often be very irritating, but once in a while it is great to receive an email about some small scale event that has happened across the globe and raised eye brows.  It is often these smaller news events that give us hours of talking points and anecdotes to share amongst ourselves.  With the impact of viral communication, if these stories are talked about enough, they become news items on more widely visible sources, such as the main news channels or TV shows.

Now-a-days it doesn’t to matter whether there is big news or small news, but each day people will be spreading news and stories that they have heard or seen from all areas of the world.  This makes our lives that little bit more interesting, helps us understand that all cultures and countries also have those peculiar characters and allow us to laugh at them and learn from their mistakes.