ThePaper or web? With the development of the digital era, it’s sufficient just to “click” to find all kinds of information: books, maps and encyclopedias have all been replaced by the new advanced technology.
Also newspapers seems to be losing its original value, surpassed by all the different means that nowadays gives us access to what is happening around the world in real time.
A lot of people prefer to switch on the TV or the radio to listen to the news, sparing themselves the effort of having to read. Other people instead find the news on the computer, thereby avoiding buying an “expensive” newspaper in the morning.
We asked some students and young people on the radio if they usually read web newspapers and above all if they think that in the future newspaper and magazine will be just online.
A lot of them seemed surprised by this question, maybe because for some it’s a foreseen answer, whilst for others it’s unexpected. Most of the people interviewed think that sooner rather than later printing newspapers will cease, both for economical reasons and convenient ones.
The most conservative ones would keep the old tradition of the print. If, in the future newspapers are just online, the press will lose its true meaning: a lot of journalists and newsagents will remain without jobs, leaving in their place a computer, colder than a piece of paper.
A lot of people prefer to switch on the TV or the radio to listen to the news, sparing themselves the effort of having to read. Other people instead find the news on the computer, thereby avoiding buying an “expensive” newspaper in the morning [ read more]
*What the British think about journalism, politics and involvement of the young
After asking British passers-by in London questions about journalism and politics, we collated their different feelings and impressions, we’ll show the results of our survey using the pie charts below.• Do you think that English journalism is independent?As you can read from the pie chart most of those interviewed considers English journalism to be independent, about 1/3 of them think that journalistic autonomy depends on the different journals whilst over 26% think not. [Read more]
In conclusion, for the most part, the British public (42%) thinks that journalism is already independent, but others (26%) say that it isn’t really free from political influences. [Read more]