A network structure is permeable and allows for information flows in and from multiple directions, including alternative media outlets as well as network users feeding information back into a sphere of journalism that once was almost solely occupied by traditional journalists working for corporate or public service news agencies.網絡架構是可滲透的,允許來自多個方向的信息流,包括替代媒體渠道以及將信息反饋到新聞領域的網絡用戶,新聞業幾乎完全由為公司或公共服務新聞機構工作的傳統記者所佔據。