Although I agree with most of what Megan is saying in her blog, I do have to disagree with the statement about the newspaper not falling completely. Not only is it much more convenient and informing to have news online, our country is also environmentally aware these days. Saving the earth is a big deal and with more and more companies going “green” the newspaper will most likely go south. Even UWM is cutting back on paper and no longer mailing paper tuition bills. Almost all information is now online.
Yes there will be those people who just don’t understand the internet and I agree with the point that some companies are trying to accommodate those people. Although that is the case now, I think that just like people a long time ago only listened to the radio for the news; with time the paper press will be a part of history. The internet is growing everyday with new technologies that allow faster coverage of the news and even live video for those who prefer to hear the story from an anchor.
Silverblatt mentions in his Media Literacy book that people in their forties are more likely to go online for news than younger people and he goes on to state that convenience and speed are the reasons for using the web method of news. The internet is slowly but surely taking over and the news papers will have to make some changes to keep up with the industry. There are many newspapers around the country taking a nose dive and according to
News Paper Death Watch with all the papers going out of business, there just doesn't seem to be any demand.
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