Although more and more people read news on the Internet, newspapers will remain the most important
source of news for the majority of people.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
During recent years, the number of people subscribing to newspapers has been on a steady decrease while Internet based media has been receiving more viewers. Some argue that readers shall not give up newspapers for digital screens, though I personally disagree with such an opinion.
The reason that some think Readers will completely ignore newspapers is that audiences desire the news to be delivered to them in a timely manner. For newspapers, not only they need to be formatted to fit its paper size they are required to be printed out and shipped to their readers. All these extra physical steps slow down the news’ deliverying speed. When it comes to the news on the Internet, a simple click on an editor’s keyboard would push the news for to thousands and millions of devices in a quick second. Many readers now and will continue to choose the Internet over newspapers for that they could be the first ones to be informed, instead of waiting for hours or days for their newspapers to appear in their mailbox.
Not only the newspapers are losing the speed battle to the Internet, they are having a challenging time catering to the social nature of humans. While readers can quickly send a link to a piece of news to their friends using the Internet they love sharing and communicating with each other, this is simply next to impossible with newspapers. For instance, I hardly see any of my friends cutting out a off a piece of newspaper article and mailing it to me just because they think the joke, they saw on the newspaper would make me laugh, whereas I have received numerous memes from them in my email inbox on a daily basis. It is simply easier, faster and more economical to share news over the Internet and as humans, people love sharing.
In summary, I strongly believe that newspapers will soon die out as a media platform. People will no longer accept a delay in transmitting news comparing to the internet. Over the next few years, the Internet would be the sole hub for all news without a doubt