Within 10 years, print will be obsolete for the most part. The generation in school now will have no interest in print products; everything will be digital.
Print companies are shutting their doors and laying off people at rapid rates. And the ones that exist are in China.
I have my doubts that print will ever be completely obsolete.
Within 10 years, print will be obsolete for the most part. The generation in school now will have no interest in print products; everything will be digital.
Print companies are shutting their doors and laying off people at rapid rates. And the ones that exist are in China.
I would love to see all paper publications go the way of the dinosaur. Paper's day as a publishing medium can't pass soon enough for me.
I need to highlight important things and prefer a hard copy for them. Highlighting or bolding via type just doesn't do it for me besides it is just hard for me to read a computer screen. ...........plus I LOVE the feel of books and magazines.
I think she's wrong to insist no one reads newspapers or magazines. And I think statements like that wag the dog... she says it to bring in more customers, and she is part of a movement that convinces people that newspapers and magazines are kaput.
I believe tactile paper versions of newspapers, magazines, and books DO have a place in our society.
Thoughts?
I would love to see all paper publications go the way of the dinosaur. Paper's day as a publishing medium can't pass soon enough for me.
I shouldn't have spoken in absolutes, anyway... there are times that one will be better than the other, depending on what the news is about, and times when they will be best together...
but still, just the ability to read be better than watching MTV videos...
and generally speaking, I still say written printed material is better for complex facts, details and nuances...
"Printed" news may be stupid because it is obsolete... but written news is as smart as it gets...
video news is generally shallow, and it is directed according to titillating or dramatic visual pictures... so it is doomed to be lowest common denominator news...
I make this point without any pictures...
Ideally, you'd get both in one shot. A well-written piece with accompanying video (that only shows relevant visual information, e.g. a newly discovered insect moving about...) or audio (for music, etc.)
I think she's wrong to insist no one reads newspapers or magazines. And I think statements like that wag the dog... she says it to bring in more customers, and she is part of a movement that convinces people that newspapers and magazines are kaput.
I believe tactile paper versions of newspapers, magazines, and books DO have a place in our society.
Thoughts?
I work for newspaper(s) so it pains me to say this, but printed news is stupid. It's old news, it's fragile and it's hugely expensive to manufacture and distribute. I like having books in my hand but I haven't owned a Kindle or anything like that so I don't know what I prefer. But I imagine I'd like it just fine. About the time my kids pull the bookmark out of my dead trees for the 9th time, I'm ready to try anything.
I think she's wrong to insist no one reads newspapers or magazines. And I think statements like that wag the dog... she says it to bring in more customers, and she is part of a movement that convinces people that newspapers and magazines are kaput.
I believe tactile paper versions of newspapers, magazines, and books DO have a place in our society.
Thoughts?
I would agree with you. There is no replacement for the feel of a Sunday paper in hand, coffee off to the side, perhaps snow falling or grass greening with birds chirping.
I think she's wrong to insist no one reads newspapers or magazines. And I think statements like that wag the dog... she says it to bring in more customers, and she is part of a movement that convinces people that newspapers and magazines are kaput.
I believe tactile paper versions of newspapers, magazines, and books DO have a place in our society.
