There is something pleasantly traditional about waking up in the morning, grabbing a cup of coffee and reading the morning paper. Replacing the daily post with a laptop or iphone just doesn't have the same effect. With the increase of popularity in electronic media, the distribution of the printed press has declined dramatically.
Although I hate the idea of newspapers declining, but what I am more affected by is probably the death of magazines. It isn't just newspapers that are facing defeat, but all forms of printed media. I hate the idea of magazines going out of business and moving to only electronic forms of distribution. Hopefully they will be able to last with printed media as long as possible before the inevitable internet take over occurs.
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ReplyDeleteAs Taylor said, reading the news online just isn't the same as reading it in a newspaper or magazine. The decline of these mediums is a tragic occurrence to some, while others see it as an expected consequence of technology.
ReplyDeleteSilverblatt says that "truth is our ultimate goal." He also says that we look for objectivity in reported news and honor those who achieve it. This says a lot for what an audience is looking for when they want to seek out news.
According to flyover: Art in the American Outback (http://www.artsjournal.com/flyover/2008/08/blogs_are_fine_but_newspapers.html), "nothing can replace the dedicated, professional, and relatively well-resourced engagement of the arts by a daily newspaper."
I couldn't agree more. While blogs offer immediate and timely reporting by the everyday citizen, the absence of professional writers leaves something to be desired in blog posts. Can we really trust the credibility of bloggers who can make allegations or reports anonymously?