Traditional media is dying out.
I rarely see people reading the paper anymore. In my opinion this is sad
because there is something very soothing about getting up in the morning and
opening the newspaper. Nowadays, people can get their news on the Internet
and off of their iPads. News related blogs are becoming increasingly popular
because they are a quick and effective way to retrieve information.
In
my opinion, there are two main reasons traditional media is going to die out.
First of all, when reading a news blog, people can comment and create a social
network within the blog. People have a need to be heard, and they want their
opinion heard, and this is possible on news blogs. Secondly, technology has
made it very easy to just search the web for news, and find these news blogs,
as opposed to waiting for the newspaper.
When Chip Scanlan, a journalist of The Poynter
Institute, "thinks of the predicament the internet poses for
newspapers today, he’s reminded of the Pony Express riders who in 1860 started
what was meant to be a speedy mail delivery service, only to be rendered
obsolete a year later by the telegraph."“They represented a great leap in
communication delivery but it only lasted a year,” Scanlan says. “As they were
whipping their horses into a lather to deliver the mail, beside them were these
guys ramming in long wooden poles and connecting wires for the telegraph. It’s
a reflection of what changes in technology mean.”
Technological advances are all around us, and as newspapers
become more and more obsolete, news blogs are becoming more popular. News blogs and traditional blogs have different agendas. "Bloggers tend
to gravitate toward events that affect personal rights and cultural norms –
issues like same-sex marriage, the rationing of health care or privacy settings
on Facebook, while traditional media news agendas are more event-driven and
institutional." (New Media, Old Media) I hope that Newspapers and traditional media make a comeback, but with the way things are going now, I do not see that as a large possibility.
Great blog, I especially like the cartoon at the top. I agree with you that is sad that traditional media seems to be overlooked nowadays. I know that growing up I always looked at the paper in the morning before school, maybe not always for the news but I liked to look through the newspapers and see what I could learn. I also really enjoyed talking with my dad about the news. He loves reading newspapers, but now feels that he should start using the internet. You bring up commenting on articles. I think this is really important because these comments can start off related to the article, and then (from what I notice) turns into an argument of different beliefs. It will be very interesting to see where the future takes us, but I hope that traditional media doesn't truly die out!
ReplyDeleteLove your cartoon! It completely proves the point of your whole blog post. It is a huge disapointment that traditional technology is diminishing everyday. I can remember being little and reading the newspaper with my dad. Kids growing up now will remember looking up cartoons on the internet which is very sad. Traditional technology leaves more of an impact or impression on the world than reading news on a computer screen. Great post.
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