In Respone to: I Might as Well Plug the Ethernet Cord into my Brain

The simplicity and familiarity of the newspaper are two points discussed in "I Might as Well Plug the Ethernet Cord into my Brain" that are common reasons why people dread the demise of the newspaper. Silverblatt's point of view is that people read the newspaper for the following reasons:

• immediacy and thoroughness
• local awareness and utility
• habit
  
• entertainment
• social extension or gossip

Silverblatt's motives can all be applied to getting the news online. The simplicity and familiarity issues can also cater towards Internet news as well, it depends on the individual person. Personally, I find searching for news stories easier than rifling through a newspaper. In addition, I spend great amounts of time online, and I am comfortable and familiar with news websites.

This increased competition is benefiting the reader, while it may be hurting newspaper industries. "Competition naturally breeds better journalism is the credo of many newspaper veterans. And better journalism means an engaged and informed public," according to CNN.

The blog I am responding to, brings up the importance of face-to-face discussions about the news. I don't believe that the reader is less likely to discuss a news story if they read it online, rather than in a newspaper. Readers may actually be more likely to post comments online to strangers, because they feel they can be honest.

Overall, I see attachments to the newspapers a sentimental issue for many people. If newspapers do eventually disappear, people will adapt to and eventually come to embrace online news.

Losing Newspapers and Gaining Technology.

Even though technology has changed our world forever, people that do not read newspapers usually miss out on much information that only newspapers have to offer.

(Referring to Joe Kani's blog)

Scattered around the house, I have old newspapers and articles that I found to be thrilling and well written. Some are pictures that have meaning to me or maybe just a good read. Either way the reason I have these is because they mean something to me and I can take them out and read them.

While Internet has become the norm for reading and gathering information, website sources do not have as much in depth coverage as newspapers do even though they do supply more information. Whether it is a list of special family Christmas gifts or a story of a man and his best friend, there are touching stories that I find in the newspaper on a daily basis.

As I was looking for information on this subject not only did I find that newspapers are slowly but surely diminishing into nothing but to my dismay many people have decided to stay strictly with only the Internet. But… yes, there is a but. Internet may hold more information but it does not get quite as in depth in news coverage and stories as previously stated. Newspapers, on the other hand, do go very in depth in most cases.

Another way of looking at it is to think of the places one can take a newspaper compared to use the Internet. Even though labtops are on the rise and something most people have, it would not be easy to read a story while on the bus for example. A reader can simply place a newspaper in a purse, briefcase, or even hold onto it and easily have something to read.

In a recent article that I came across, the coverage was about cost and the amount of information that is found between Internet and newspapers. Using Internet is cheaper while buying and making newspapers takes more time and money. Newspapers can show and give a writer to reader experience more than Internet. The Internet can give a viewer video and sounds. There are pro’s and con’s to each but I will say that while reading a personal story, the more in depth an article is the more effective I find the story to be.

Will there be Such Thing as Newspapers in our Future?

Society has become so fast past that we don't have time to read newspapers let alone get our daily consumption of news.


So many people in today's society rely on the Internet for their daily news. We are constantly on the go which does not allow us to take 5 minutes out of our time to read the newspaper. Technology has solved this problem by allowing access to the Internet on our cell phones, I-pods, and many other new devices. This allows us to catch up on our news while running around. But is this really the best solution?


More and more people are switching from newspapers to online news. Honestly I don't understand why. Yes, the Internet is fast and full of lots of information at just the click of a button but you never know if what you're viewing is creditable information. With newspapers you have to have certain credentials to write an article where as online anyone with any background can state their opinion as if it were accurate information.


Another downfall to this issue is that many younger generations are consuming very little if any daily news. I believe online news is to blame for this. According to the article, "Young People and News" by Thomas E. Patterson and Professor Bradlee, "60 percent of teens can be considered basically inattentive to daily news, as compared with 48 percent of young adults and only 23 percent of older adults." This is our future generation we are talking about. To me, that's a scary thought.


In my opinion, Newspapers are a complete way of consuming the daily news. You have the business section, sports section, horoscopes, classifieds, food section, etc; it's all in your hands. All you simply need to do is turn the page. On the other hand, online news is a lot more time consuming and difficult. Take a look at the New York Times or JSonline. When you want to view or look up certain things you have to search it or click on a link which brings you to all different pages. Sometimes you can't even get back to the last page you were looking at. Honestly, I think it's way too much of a hassle and a waste of my time.


Lots of people make the newspaper apart of their daily routine. It is the whole idea of taking that 5 minutes out of your day to relax and find out what is going on in the world. A newspaper might bot be as fast as the Internet but it's much more convenient and satisfying.

Newspaper: The Aging, Dying Media Vehicle.

Its been too long since I last picked up a news paper to actually read the news. In fact, the last newspaper I touched was laid down on the floor for my dog to go to the bathroom on. The signs are there, newspaper is on its way out and the internet has the undeniable upper hand.


Newspaper is dead to me. The year is 2009, and it's about time we upgrade considering how much ridiculous technology we have around us. Some might argue that the newspaper is more mobile than the internet..considering that people don't want to walk around with laptops and all that jazz. Regardless, one can bust out his or her Blackberry or iPhone and check the news, sports, weather or any other stupid thing they find to put in newspapers nowadays.
The internet is there whenever you need it, unlike newspapers. With the internet, news is updated, posted and twittered almost every minute of everyday. Newspaper can't give me that satisfaction or timeliness. The internet can sometimes lack credibility but it is the job of the knowledgeable reader to know where the information he or she reads comes from.


Newspaper WAS a part of our culture and used to be one of the only sources of credible media but now there are so many other ways to get the information you need. Sure people are going to lose there jobs, but that just comes with the changing of the times and economy. Greg Beato of Reason.com states that despite all the layoffs, buy-outs, and shutdowns that have afflicted the newspaper industry in the last year, there are still 46,700 newsroom employees working at the nation’s 1,411 dailies, according to the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ 2009 census. There is an upside, with the decline of print media, there will be an opening of new job opportunities in the ever expanding world wide web.


Overall, I feel the internet is in primed position to fully take over the news medium. It can broadcast or print and is being promoted through different forms of technology everyday. The newspaper doesn't stand much of a chance in this age of the technological revolution. It's time to say goodbye to the newspapers and hello to the future.

Is the Newpaper finished?

Who should we believe and what is the real issue?

There has been talk for awhile that the end of the newspaper is near, and they can not make enough money. Suggestions from people like Nicholas Carlson say that it would be cheaper to "send each of it's subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead" of printing the New york Times paper.

Should we really believe that the end the newspaper is just that close around the corner? Rupert Murdoch says that these are just "misguided cynics", in an article by the Associated Press. That are only too happy to predict end of the newspaper instead of the opposite.

The real problem though is not the disappearance of the newspaper physically, but the idea of journalism it stands for today. In a article Chronicling the Death of American Newspapers: by NPR, Leonard Downie states, "I'm not concerned about the fate of the printed newspaper. I'm concerned about the fate of newspaper newsrooms. Because those are the newsrooms that are doing the reporting that no one else is doing."

What will happen to newspapers? Who really knows, but what I do know is that people will be reading them as along as they are around.

The Internet Generation Begins Taking a Toll on Newspaper Circulation

As readers turn to alternative news outlets, newspaper circulation continues to decline

As people around the world begin embracing newer forms of technology, it is clearly only a matter of time before publications abandon traditional print mediums altogether. Users have been spending more time online and have the ability to receive news faster than ever before. Many newspapers have anticipated this jump to electronic print and have begun offering their publication through online subscriptions. These efforts have not been enough to maintain circulation numbers, though. With the abundance of free news sources such as CNN and alternative forms of news media such as Twitter or Digg, users seems to have abandoned newspaper publications.

In an October 2009 post on The Awl, a graph is used to show Newspaper Circulation statistics dating back to 1990. Interestingly, only one paper has shown an increase in circulation, while the rest have declined drastically. Many people even consider newspapers a dying form of media. This makes sense considering, until now, most adults have not grown up with access to the Internet in their home. The first generation to have this experience this is now entering the 18-34 year old demographic of media publication. These adults are more comfortable using the Internet to find information, therefore it is not a huge leap to getting all of their news information from the same place. To make this even easier of a choice, Internet news is constantly being updated without the need to wait for a new print version to be produced.

Traditional forms of news may be dwindling in comparison to Internet news, but that does not necessarily mean that people are getting the most important or the most accurate stories. Print media has been around the 1700s and has become a perfected technique. Since Internet reporting is relatively new, readers may not be able to spot important stories as efficiently as they would in a newspaper. Internet news also presents the problem of accuracy in the media. Readers have come to trust what is printed in a newspaper, but Internet usage is so widespread that nearly anybody can publish information, accurate or not.

The decline of traditional print media has presented many challenges to media outlets. Many publishers believe that the new wave of electronic readers might solve the dropping circulation numbers, but a New York Times article begs to differ. While e-readers may be a long-term solution, the Times claims that it will be some time before readers embrace the new technology. The demise of the newspaper provides concrete evidence that our culture is looking for new ways to receive information. As users that are comfortable using the Internet enter into the demographic of print media, circulation numbers will continue to decline until a new standard of media emerges.