The book industry is experiencing similar difficulties as the newspaper industry. People hate to pay for something that they can find for free online. If they can find it for free, then of course, they won't pay for it. I believe the book industry will have to do their best in the coming years to keep up with their markets by giving them accessible online options. However, I believe there will always be people, like myself, who enjoy reading in print and holding a book in their hand.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Week 2 - Journalism's Future
I believe that newspapers definitely have a place in our futures. As our society has become more and more computer and internet savvy, newspapers and other businesses have had to adapt, changing their approach to audiences. Newspapers have been forced to post online articles and versions of articles that also appear in the traditional print versions. Journalists are having to work harder to keep up with society's desire for technologically advanced options. In the future, I believe we'll see more of the same. Perhaps print versions of newspapers will become entirely obsolete, but I doubt that that will be the case. Even so, it takes time and money to produce a newspaper article, whether it's posted online or printed, and as long as there is a need for news in our society, newspapers will have business.
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The fact that newspapers may one day be obsolete is hard to imagine. I liked that point you made about the paper itself disappearing but facts and stories still existing in some other form. We are seeing other forms of media such as television slowly integrate with the internet. Maybe newspapers will eventually exist solely online? Instead of being able to view the newspaper websites for free like we can currently, they could start charging a fee to bring in revenue.
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