With all the up-and-coming technology these days, what’s keeping the good ole’ newspaper in style? Most people turn to the radio, television, or internet to gather their news. People anymore read just the bear essentials or what they’re most interested in. As a student, I don’t even have a newspaper readily available every morning. Instead, I go to my internet’s homepage and scroll through the major stories or simply enter a word into “search” to find exactly what I’m are looking for.
Why drive to the store or even walk down your driveway to get the news when you can turn on the computer or television? I know all of this sounds like laziness, but I believe that having the news presented in these new ways is actually beneficial to our society. The average newspaper reader ages over 50. Does that mean that the younger generation has become completely ignorant of today’s breaking news? No, of course not. I believe that the exact opposite is happening. Because the news is more easily obtainable, teenagers and people aging 18-25 are more likely to know what’s going on. People are becoming more aware of national and international news because of its availability. The younger generations relate to new technology, therefore the news has to catch up, and it has. The news has gone through changes in the past to keep up with its ever-changing audience. Techniques such as sensationalism and yellow journalism were used to get more people reading the paper. So what’s the different in using electrionic sources to capture an audience?
I’ve recently joined the campus newspaper here at LVC, La Vie. I full well know that more than half of the kids on campus won’t read this paper, let alone my articles. However, I still believe in newspapers. Even the news that is presented on the internet or T.V. originates at a newspaper publication.
I don’t see the death of newspapers anywhere in the near future. It comes down to personal preference. While some people like reading off of a screen, others enjoy print on paper. Some people find newspapers more convenient and others think the same about computers.
All I have to say……. long live credible and reliable news, in any form!
