Thursday, October 15, 2015

Newspapers going the way of the dodo

Newspapers, what has become of them? Once peoples’ main source of information has become obsolete due to the use of the internet. I still can remember looking up movie times and getting coupons for sales from the newspaper now I can do that and more from my computer, phone, or any smart device (even my TV).
Newspapers where a sign of their time and efficient for the age they where useful in.   They  served their purpose, getting information to the masses as quickly as printing millions of text with ink and newsprint. They were the source of information preferred above television and the radio. So what is it about the internet that made the newspaper extinct?
I believe that it comes down to speed. Everything is faster on the internet expelled now in the 2010s. Why wait days or walk to a store to get information you can get in less than 30 seconds and not even have to leave your bed. The internet can do everything the newspaper can and more.
The Internet also lets people choose. They can read many articles on the same subject with out having to buy multiple newspapers. It gives them a full and complete picture with even if the articles have biases.

The internet is like the tool that gave man the power to make the dodo bird extinct. It is literally giving newspapers no way to escape being hunted and picked off by being smarter, faster and more efficient.       

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