These days I don't read papers any more. It just feels lazy when you have to get up and go outside in order to get a news copy, especially in the chilly fall weather of Washington D.C. Therefore, I enjoy staying inside and reading online articles.
There is a certain element of convenience that attract so many people to the online world of journalism. After just a click, readers can get directly to the article without any hassle. The online world is a generous source of information, and I found that sometime the information are completely free. Since marketing companies team up with websites and bloggers, readers don't have to pay to watch/read/use online articles a lot of the times. Because web users are encouraged to look up information online, they found that they can get any particular information of their interest in a much easier manner. Therefore, they appreciate its variety and low cost over print journalism. As a result, newspapers experience their suffer due to the shift in the industry. Lets hear what the expert say:
As mentioned in the video, online journalism faces the lack of credibility as anyone can publish their personal posts. I think that there is probably a chance of getting biased information but it is the choice of readers to determine which websites or blogs to visit. For example, Perezhilton.com is notorious for its juicy tabloid information. Although Perez is a highly opinionated blogger, readers can't help but come back and read his websites. He has no qualification whatsoever for journalism but he is doing it and making profit from it through advertising. According to the above video, we can explain that he speaks with a strong voice that sometimes is hard to find in general publication. In my experience, his writing style has something that I can relate to as it is always fresh and funny.
Evidently, there is a decrease in profit but many people are still interested in reading papers. It will take a long time for them to completely switch to having only online reading habit. For me, I still have strong influence over their established credibility. However, it is hard to imagine the future of these print journalism companies. A lot of them have switched to releasing news from their own website through online subscription. These companies, therefore, need to find a balance between their online and print publishing.
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