The newspaper in today’s society has clearly changed. Print news has greatly declined, whether it is a small or even a large newspaper. There is a lot of dependency toward technology and even newspapers have realized this. Newspapers have online copies of their articles and sometimes even more. I personally believe that the ability to access news online is extremely convenient to the current society.
Search engines can often lead one to the right news article that one wants to view. Having major or well known newspaper’s names come up is a reassuring sense that makes it easier for people to find exactly what they are looking for without the purchase or hassle of getting an actual print newspaper. With that said, internet journalism has pressure to be constantly accurate and productive. It is easy for anyone to post anything on the internet and even easier for people to find accurate. Without the reassurance of online newspaper names and journalists, people can be misled. This is a huge risk and danger to a democracy. Print journalism continues with online journalism as another option. Many newspapers have not surrendered to the online source that has become more popular today.
Jon Fine, a reporter for Business Week, posted an online article that discusses, who will be the first to stop the print news. Comparing the threat of the internet to the Great Depression for newspapers is exactly how I look at this issue. Society is just too dependent on technology that I don’t see the use in print news. Wireless internet provided in so many public places can get you news from any newspaper because all of the newspapers have online prints. A cellular device works the same way. People find it to be better off having the latest technology in order to know what is happening in the world, not fifty cents to purchase a newspaper. It is a decline in print journalism that is has increased to 7% in the past year. The New York Times published this statement in an online article. It is not hard to tell the dominating of the two, print news and online news. It will be a mark in history when the printers stop, if they ever completely give in to the online technology.
Newspapers have influenced technology to progress. When the Internet started, it was a dial-up connection with AOL and e-mail. When this trend started to catch on, newspaper outlets did too. Now we have many households on the virtual world, searching everything they can. Stovall says, “The Web can handle a wide variety of formats for presenting information. It can simulate print with words, sentences and paragraphs. It can show still pictures and video” (Stovall 169). Because of the Internet’s capability, we do not need newspapers. Besides less paper distributed helping the environment, it makes it a convenience factor. When you go out of town, there’s no need to catch up on the news. It’s as easy as logging onto the nearest computer and heading towards your favorite news websites.
ReplyDeleteSearch engines can lead to the convenience factor and question authenticity. We can search any news story that we heard our neighbor talking about. Schools even teach children how to search the Internet correctly now. One must know what an authentic domain is compared to one made by the person sitting next to you in class. It is important that news industries make their websites separate and clear for those searching the online news.
Most hotels offer wireless internet, along with schools, libraries, fast food restaurants, and coffee shops. Needless to say, it is very easy to log onto the Internet. Blackberries were advertised to the working person on the go, and those come with internet capabilities as well. Newspapers can become expensive to receive. To receive the Journal Sentinel, it would cost you $110.50 for 26 weeks. To the typical college student or someone trying to make ends meet, this is not ideal. It is not as simple as buying a 5 cent paper. Since all of the places that I have listed have free wireless internet, this works into the affordability factor. If newspapers did not charge so much, it could make a difference in its number of users.