Newspaper or Online Publications...

Newspapers are simply impractical. I'm not going to go all conspiracy theory Eng111 "What if all the computers exploded and the world was like Fight Club" on you, because that's ridiculous. No. At this point, I'm comfortable with the idea that computers, technology, and the internet at large are destined to outlive me, and everyone else in the world. That said, the world is changing minute by minute. Purchasing a newspaper in the morning is the equivalent of receiving less than a quarter of the news you have access to on the internet. You're paying for something most people are already paying for by way of having internet access. It's simply ridiculous, UNLESS you're geriatric and never learned to use the computer. Until those people die off, I guess we'll have to keep the newspaper around for nostalgic value. I understand that this opinion is informed by social class. I can afford the internet, and therefore a news paper seems like an extraneous cost to me. Now, I understand that this particular stance might beg the question: well, if newspapers are extraneous, then are books extraneous as well? Should we just convert books to internet-accessible objects as well? To this, I would say no. The difference is that I don't consider basic journalism an art form. When I read the news, I'm reading short bursts of events and columns and ideas that are rapidly changing. It's fiscally irresponsible to continue producing Newspapers when we have a much more comprehensive alternative whose very medium is designed to reflect rapid changes and breaking news. New events and developments generally occur moments after, before and during the printing and production of a newspaper, so using valuable resources to produce something so temporary seems silly. I'm not sure I would feel the same way about this were it not for the glorious internet which delivers my facts and events to me at a rapid and efficient speed...