ESSAY 27
Some people say we do
not need printed paper newspapers anymore. To what extent do you agree or
disagree?
Today, people have more sources of information compared to
the situation 20 years ago. With the advance of digital technology, there are
many channels of media to choose from including newspapers publishers, which
now convert to digital content by means of website or apps that can be accessed
widely. This is a form of adaptive transformation, which is beneficial both for
the publishers and for the users.
Traditional information providers such as radio broadcaster,
television channels, and newspaper publishers are trying to adapt with the
latest technology advancement. Current information channels are no longer
restricted to use traditional media such as printed papers. For the newspaper
companies, this is a good news from the perspective of resources and cost
efficiency, mainly from eliminating the cost of paper, which is expensive and hard
to get. By removing the cost of printing, now they can use this fund for
marketing so they can reach new subscribers and maintain their old subscribers
who have moved to the digital version.
In the past, people read their newspapers before they went to
their workplace. Recently, the trend to get information is done while people
are commuting to their workplace, for example, on a train full of passengers
through the use of mobile phone, which does not need lots of space. These
target consumers will subscribe to their preferred media with an affordable
price and they will still get high quality content from the same journalist.
From the perspective of media users, this is a long-awaited progress, due to
the clear difficulty of carrying and reading a newspaper on a crowded train;
this is a good example why the readers have left behind old printed-paper
version.
In conclusion, I agree that this transformation is
advantageous for everyone and therefore is unavoidable. The practical benefit
to both the publishers and the readers are clear signs that this change will
continue in the future.
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