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The Pros And Cons Of Printed Media

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Although the Internet is being widely used in this new era, printed newspapers and books are still being produce by several companies. However, according to Pew Research Centre (2013), few readers have abandoned printed media for e-books. For example, individuals prefer to read on screen rather than flipping a page of a book or a newspaper. This has results on such a debate about whether printed medias are considered old. Printed medias do have its positive and negative aspects. The aim of this essay is to argue that people are slowly neglecting printed media such as newspapers and books in this new era.

Firstly, printed media are gradually decreased in number due to the high cost of manufacturing it. These requires printing cost, shipping cost as well as machineries that are expensive while online media such as Internet do not need to spend such money on the production (Gdovin, 2008). According to Gdovin (2008), this …show more content…

This has leads to a bigger impact in the printed media industry as people intend to use more online medias compared to printed medias. This is because internet or other online medias are easier to be access and more convenient compared to printed medias (Lucas, 2010). Moreover, according to Fedena (2014), with the internet, news can be spread globally unlike printed newspaper that can only be reach at certain places. In addition, information from printed newspapers or books take a longer time to process (Thomas, 2011). This has results in a delay of receiving any important information. For instance, any incident that happens on that particular day can only be published the day after for people to read. As for books, it has to be planned months before it could be published. Therefore, people prefer online medias compared printed medias as it gives the reader instant access to the information they need at any time. These modern technologies have improved the traditional printed newspaper and

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