news stream

Continuous information flow

A news stream is a continuous flow of news updates, typically displayed in reverse chronological order on websites or apps.

Unlike traditional news delivered at set times, a news stream refreshes constantly as stories break: I kept the news stream open during the election.

The format emphasizes immediacy over curation.

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headlines · live blog · coverage · filtering · ticker · RSS feeds · trending topics · reporting · bulletins · information overload · media diet · digital literacy · scrolling · infinite scroll · echo chambers · doomscrolling · click bait · commenting

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Opposites
continuity and flow

news streamnews bulletin

Brief broadcast announcement

print edition

temporality

news streamnews archive

Stored past journalism

historical record · back issues · archive · time capsule · retrospective

information state

news streamnews blackout

Suppression of information release

information blackout · dead air · radio silence · media blackout · communication breakdown

Family

news, stream, new, newly, newness, renew, renewal, renewable, renewed

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G