Future of Print Media #2

by Emanuela Defalco - Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 03:47 PM


After watching the industry leaders on the panel, i feel as though newspapers will still be needed and used for several years to come. The panel made very good arguments, especially when it came to surfing the web for simple information. Most information that is found online, comes directly from a newspaper source.

As for a younger generation and what they expect, i can only speak for myself when I say that I expect the newspaper to still be around for years to come. I do read the news, printed, on occasion. I find it nice to be able to sit outside with a newspaper on your lap rather then staring at a screen and searching for information that can easily be directly in front of you. One thing that may change people's mind, however, is that it is nice to have this information handed to you for free. Growing up with all of the resources that we have grown so accustom too, it is very rare to want to spend money on something that you can easily have access to. This comes anywhere from the news, to music. I rarely buy CD's because i can have such easy and free access to them online.

A good point that one of the men on the panel made was that Google, the worlds largest search engine, uses a lot of their information for newspapers, and if they cease to exist, it would be a lot harder to search for the abundance of things that people search for in their everyday lives.

I believe one thing to change the younger generation is to maybe have a fee instead of free access to online news. This might bring attention back to print newspapers, which might be cheaper and you wont have to subscribe to it.


by Chris Ciely - Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 04:00 PM

I agree with the arguments because since information has been free for so long it is hard to believe in paying for it. I also agree that with the newspaper industry much of the internet would not exist since it is all information based. There should be a fee for the online media and this would help stabilize the print industry.