From September 11, Iraq War, to Hurricane Katrina

to obey and support the enforcement of the Honor Code, which prohibits lying, cheating, or stealing when these actions involve academic processes or University students or academic personnel acting in an official capacity. The Internet has become more and more people’s news source. News audiences have been increasingly fracturing, as trust in the mainstream media has declined and the Internet is playing an ever-more-important role. Along with this trend, a new phenomenon called “do-it-yourself ” journalism has surfaced. One of the many reasons the Internet has become more and more popular a news medium is that it fulfills people’s need not being met by the traditional media. The Internet provides a wide variety of sources, up-to-the-last-minute news, and points of view that are different from those in traditional news sources and official government sources. In the past four unusual years in American history, from September 11, Iraq War, to Hurricane Katrina, these sensitive, or sensational news events have fostered the role of the Internet as not only an alternative, but also a unique source for news information. Meanwhile, do-it-yourself journalism has arisen t