he says that 7% of people get there news from cellphones or pod-casts. News is so available everywhere that people can access the latest news from their phone or ipod People don't even need to go on their computer to access the news they can get from anywhere. This type of change gives the newspaper no future. The newspaper can't compete against phones that allow you to access news where ever you are Young people are not the only ones that have turned their backs on news papers in that same article Silverblatt says 31% of adults go online to get there news If adults our going online to get news what chance does that give the newspapers If the older generation no longer uses newspapers then why would my genearation want to use them The shift has been made from people going out every morning to get there newspapers to logging on to their computer and checking out the news
With technology becoming more and more advanced that is something newspapers cant compete against. A study done at the University of South Carolina their journalism program looked at how technology has and will changed news papershttp://www.eric.ed.gov:80/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/13/55/92.pd They felt that newspapers would start to become an online delivery service. They thought you would subscribe to a newspaper and it would be delivered via online I am not sure if this is any different then what you can do today.
Only time will tell what will happen to the newspaper. I am not sure if one day ill have to tell my grandchildren about what newspapers were. Or pull out an old newspaper to show them. At the current way our technology is growing newspapers do not seem to have much of a chance but somehow they can rally and become popular once again.... .
In Response to Stuart i agree with the availability via cellphone and internet it is becoming very hard for newspapers to operate. The problem is a lot of folks work in factories were there is no access to the internet. A lot of these folks pick up papers on their way to work and read on their lunch break. Silverblatt does stat " 31% of adults recieve their news online. So we have to assume 69% either read the paper still or don't seek news outlets at all. 31% is not a high number, but the issue is the trned is on the rise.
ReplyDeleteI also agree it is very rapidly demising the role of the newspaper. Thus there are things print can do to save itself. Like for instance this past summer The journal Sentinel (www.jsonline.com) covered a story called the "preachers mob" for a week and only made it available to it print subscribers. allowing online viewers the chance to read the story the following week so they put print readers ahead newsworthy over those who read news on the net. They saw an increase in sales that week. No other outlet had covered the story accept television and they didn't provide the in depth coverage that the print did because of timeliness. They merely just mentioned it and said for more info read the Journal everyday to receive a more profound picture. So its not completely over they just have to be more creative than in the past
I can't help but to mention how many times I've visited various sites on the same story and the output of information wasn't the same. Some may make small mistakes about certain people title/position or get their age wrong certain or facts are different. This often leads me to question their research of the issue and kind of shoot their credibility.