I do agree with a lot of what you said, but I personally think newspapers do have their place, although I don't see people wanting to pay for them for much longer. I personally get a good two-thirds or so of my news on the internet (TV news is crap and I don't subscribe to newspapers, although I do read The TImes when I have a spare gap at uni), but there are still a lot of folks out there who would rather have their news in physical form, y'know, something you can read over a bowl of cocoa pops. You could just about compare it to the idea of a physical book vs an e-book (which I just personally can't be bothered with).
Yeah, that's true. I thought about e-books, I can't stand the things, and I don't think they'll catch on. I can't read big blocks of text on a screen for some reason, and I think magazines will always be around. And these days it seems like newspapers are becoming less and less commercially viable without the colour ads hitting you in the face. I just wondered if all of those folks are old people who would eventually die. Yikes! I eat my cereal in front of http://www.abc.net.au/news ... it will be interesting to see how the newspaper adapts.
Yeah, I've got a few e-books lingering around (because I can't find hard copies without paying a lot of money) that I have been wanting to get around to reading, but it just doesn't happen...it's a lot like proofreading an essay I reckon, it's just easier when it's not on a computer screen. And you're right about the increase of ads in papers, but I guess the same can be said for television, and there's always the annoying popup ads online that gets in the way of reading. Eh, the things we sacrifice for 'free' media.
Yeah, magazines will definitely be always around, I personally can't imagine the nonexistence of print tabloids (from the women's mags to the kiddie variety), there's just such a huge market for it.
Re the old folks comment, not true. I know a lot of people my age who'd rather spill milk on their newspapers than computers ;) I can see the papers lasting for another 20 or so years at least. Unless some weird technological revolution happens or we start running out of trees really really badly.
And with what would we line our animal's toilet trays?
I love local newspapers. They make me grin big. Mandurah sounds a lot like Dubbo. I feel for you, I really do. I used to love going through and picking out the spelling and grammatical errors. It wasn't hard.
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Yeah, magazines will definitely be always around, I personally can't imagine the nonexistence of print tabloids (from the women's mags to the kiddie variety), there's just such a huge market for it.
Re the old folks comment, not true. I know a lot of people my age who'd rather spill milk on their newspapers than computers ;) I can see the papers lasting for another 20 or so years at least. Unless some weird technological revolution happens or we start running out of trees really really badly.
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I love local newspapers. They make me grin big. Mandurah sounds a lot like Dubbo. I feel for you, I really do. I used to love going through and picking out the spelling and grammatical errors. It wasn't hard.
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