As the internet becomes more popular, newspapers are becoming a thing of the past. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

t is argued that
due to
the
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technology
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the
internet
becomes
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more popular,
newspapers
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and newspapers
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are becoming a thing of the past. Personally, I strongly agree with
this
.
To begin
with, there is no denying
fact
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the fact
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that the
internet
becomes more popular annually and individuals are able to browse the
internet
and find anything they desire,
for example
they can search on the
internet
and find any news they want. What is more, the
internet
provides things that
newspapers
can not provide and it is one of the reasons why human beings do not prefer to read
newspapers
.
For instance
,
due to
the
internet
individuals can listen to music, watch fascinating videos, chat with friends, and be informed about news that just happened.
Secondly
, nowadays the majority of
people
prefer
read
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what they desire online,
for
example
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many
people
do not purchase a book they just buy a Kindle and use it or nowadays there are many applications where
people
can read online and they give a preference to that.
In addition
annually the number of
people
who prefer
read
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online increases which leads to
people
not wanting to read
newspapers
or books,
consequently
,
newspapers
are becoming a thing of the past. In conclusion, the
internet
becomes more popular annually which gives more opportunities to
people
than
newspapers
can give human beings, what is
more
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the number of humans preferring
read
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online rises which is one of the other reasons why
people
do not like
newspapers
thus
newspapers
are becoming a thing of the past.
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