Physical newspapers are losing value

Physical newspapers are losing value


The morning of every person starts with a newspaper. People make a cup of coffee or tea, and start their day along with newspaper. This is the routine of most of the people. But in the world, where life has become more busy and the work timings have increased, people hardly find any time to read the newspaper. Whenever they get time they read the news on their mobile phones. They access the electronic version of Newspaper. Does it mean that slowly Physical Newspaper will become a thing of past?

Yes

• With the upcoming of internet people prefer to do all the tasks on the move. They find it convenient to read the news on their mobile phones.

• There is no need to make extra expenses on getting a newspaper when you have a Smartphone. Most of them come with big screen, making it easy to read the newspaper.

• People don’t need to carry the extra baggage of newspaper if they were unable to read it at home. Whenever they get some time they can access the online newspaper.

• Changing the form of newspaper can help the country to save the paper. It is more environmental friendly.

• Users get the specific news by setting the preferences. They don’t need to get the complete newspaper to get the news.

No

• The number of Smartphones might have increased but that doesn’t indicate that people have stopped reading newspaper.

• The old age people form a major part of customers of physical newspaper. They still love to read the news in the traditional way.

• Physical newspapers are much convenient to read. It gives the complete experience of reading the news.

• The majority of people still don’t have access to the internet connection. Even if they have they use it for social media.

• The long time reading of news on digital phones can have a negative impact on the eye sight. People, therefore, avoid reading the news on digital phones.

Conclusion

There is no doubt that people have started using the online platform to access the news. But they also read the physical form of newspaper. There has been no downfall in the percentage of sales of newspaper. This indicates that people still love to read the physical newspaper more than the web form.
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  • RE: Physical newspapers are losing value -Deepa Kaushik (04/24/14)
  • Youth today definitely prefers to read news on the Internet. The idiot box has a lot many things to provide and attract the youngsters. We can even get the softcopy of our daily paper newspapers on the internet. All it requires is the Internet connection and the comfort factor scrolling enough to read the news in bits and bites.

    However, with the increasing Internet connection we are not finding a downward surge of the printing or marketing of the paper newspapers. People still prefer buying the newspapers at home and along the journey as a pass-time. People find it handy to use the physical papers as comparison to that on the Internet.

    It is a fact that Indians of all age group are not Internet savvy. Many people in our country still don’t know to use the Internet, with many of them finding Internet connection out of their budget. Not every person in a house could have the smartphone, physical newspapers definitely can be carried to any place by anyone without any load. Also, the physical papers are much cost-effective, providing all sorts of news in minimal pages by just spending a few pennies.

    Looking over the benefits of the physical paper, they cannot lose their value in recent future in our country.