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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
For the
last
couple of years, the internet has experienced growth in terms of popularity. The effect of this
development on newspapers
is that their popularity is now slowly fading. I agree with this
statement because the internet and the contents inside it make people
slowly leave newspapers
as a source of information, and the current market for newspapers
is also
quite niche making it hard for newspapers
to be more well known in the future.
Firstly
, the rise of the internet makes people
's attention span slowly decrease, and consequently
, this
lowers newspaper consumption as well. As we are now getting more used to enjoying content online, it is rather easy to be sucked into the habit of endless scrolling on our various social media accounts. We are constantly fed with short-form media which makes us not able to pay attention to something for a long time, which is a quality needed to read and enjoy newspapers
. An example that comes to mind is that there is now a dedicated Twitter account that exists to summarize recent events into shorter forms of Twitter threads, because people
are too lazy to read the whole news
article, and this
account is getting such
huge traction because of their service.
Secondly
, those who still consume newspapers
also
only came from quite niche backgrounds, limiting newspaper publishers' potential growth in target markets and eventually putting a cap on newspapers
' overall
popularity. The ones who still actively read through newspapers
usually come from the older generation, and/or they are people
who have business backgrounds which makes keeping up with the news
a necessity for them. The rest of the demographic does not really subscribe to or buy newspapers
anymore. For instance
, the most common course of action for the younger generation or those who do not come from business is to consume news
from online update accounts, or by simply going to search engines, clicking on any link that appears at the top of the search results, and just reading these online news
portals to look for updates for the current matter at hand.
In conclusion, I believe that newspapers
are really becoming a thing of the past. This
is due to
the lower level of ability that society in general nowadays has to focus on consuming longer forms of content which leads to a decrease in newspaper consumption, and the existing market for newspapers
is quite segmented making it quite hard for newspapers
to be more well known in the future compared to now.Submitted by tania.ekoputri on
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