With constant stress on the new age of technology newspaper seems to be the only media that is really taking a hit. Internet usage is at its all time high, and thus newspaper is more applicable online than it is stop at a stand. The convience of typing in the article in paper you want is much more efficient than reading and reading article by article. Circulation is down 10.6% in a six month span. The same span that dropped newspaper circulation last year. It looks as if the newspaper age is certainly dying off. However, it does not seem that everyone will go completely efficient. The newspaper sells not only stories, but a lifestyle. People fall into the routine of getting their coffee, buying a paper, and going to work. This is truly all that the paper has going for it. However, once the next generation gets into the workforce I expect that newspaper circulation will be at its all time low again and again. The age of technology is here and is moving with a full head of steam.
Source: http://http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2009-10-26-newspaper-circulation_N.htm
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Very interesting article Tanner! I agree on your point of view of how as time carries on, newspaper becomes less popular. With todays world, technology/media has replaced what the newspaper once stood for.
ReplyDeleteI also believe that the age of newspapers is dying. The new generation is making use of the internet to read the news. Using the internet to read the news not only allows the user to search for the articles that the reader wants to read, it allows the reader to access those articles at any time, from their own computer at home. Even though the country is losing one of the longest distributed products of all time, I believe it is time for the country to switch to the new age.
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