Ever since I can remember, my parent’s morning routine has been to read the newspaper along with their coffee and breakfast. As I got older, it became mine as well.
Since moving to college, I obviously do not care to spend the extra money to have the paper delivered to my doorstep. I have had to turn to reading the news online.
While I am given much more freedom to read whatever I want, from whatever outlet I want, the experience of staring at a computer screen just isn’t the same as having the physical paper in front of me. And not to mention, I have to be much more cautious not to spill coffee on my keyboard than on a 50 cent newspaper.
Although getting the news online is a great way to obtain information from an endless variety or sources, I feel like it can’t replace the comfort of lounging on the couch on a Sunday morning with a newspaper in hand.
As it is the current trend, the further demise of newspapers is clearly inevitable. I will use the opportunity to become a more informed citizen by taking advantage of the limitless information available online. I don’t necessarily feel that print news is any better or worse than online news, but if blogger Jim Stovall is right, online journalism will be even better when newspapers have completely vanished.
Whether he is right or wrong, I suppose I will just have to get used to being more careful not to spill coffee on my keyboard.
-Marit Harm
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ReplyDeleteI disagree with Marit Harms opinion towards print news. The demise of newspapers is not inevitable towards its readers. We live in a society where Internet news is popular among younger people. Individuals who are mature would rather read the newspaper, then reading the news on the Internet. In Silverblatt’s article on media literacy, he states that readers of newspapers are more maturing and well-educated. Younger individuals are largely indifferent to print because it is an old habit to readers.
ReplyDeleteInternet news gives readers limitless information. The facts that Internet news publish are meant to be entertaining, especially to its younger audience. Silverblatt discusses how the younger crowd sees print news as being cold, dry and impersonal. This results younger individuals to get their news from the Internet, and not thinking if the news is accurate. An example would be in a chart in the People Press (http://people-press.org/report/348/inter). It discusses the percentages of inaccurate news sources, where Internet news was seen as being the most inaccurate by 59 percent.
Silverblatt said it best that people rely on print news for its social awareness, immediacy and thoroughness. If newspapers didn’t give readers this assurance of being accurate, then it would be safe to say that print news is disappearing. If print news had any sign of disappearing, then it wouldn’t be viewed more then Internet news according to Cnet.com (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-101288). It goes further in explaining how regardless of how Internet news is growing, newspapers will still be around.