Newspapers

Newspapers...over 100 years old. Why are they still around? In class we discussed the invention of the earliest printed newspapers, and why we still use them today. Newspapers could easily be replaced by technology. We can see the news on t.v. and online, why do we need to see it on paper? The reasons given in class were really good points that i didn't even think about. Newspapers are non-linear and saveable, so we can just go back and read the news from a month ago! It is also a tangible object, so I can carry it around with me all the time. I don't think I would want to carry around my laptop all day just to read the news. The sunday paper only costs like $1.50, so why not buy it? Newspapers are so cheap, bascially anyone can afford them. This next fact I actually found kind of interesting. Newspapers have diverse content in them, something for everyone to do. Crosswords, sports section, comics, you name it. All these other inventions like magazines and other things that came AFTER the newspaper are demassified, but newspapers aren't? and also, newspapers have been around since the days that the U.S. was just becoming a country. why would we want to just throw away and replace such a traditional thing? Im sure newspapers have a long way to go in the future.