Sunday, November 15, 2009

Print vs. Online Media

I generally feel more inclined to trust print media more than online media. I enjoy it more as well. Most of the time, I spend so much time looking at a computer screen that the last thing I want to do is read off of the computer to recieve my news. Ironically enough, my homepage is cnn.com. I probably trust print media more just because it has always been around whereas the internet and online information is a fairly recent development. Maybe it also has to do with the fact that printing companies must pay for their product to be distributed and consumers must pay to recieve the information. Whenever there is an exchange of money involved, products just seem more valuable; whether they are or not is a different story. In the course of my day to day life with how busy I am, I do get most of my news from online...but if I had all the time in the world I would prefer to recieve most of my news through a magazine such as Newsweek or Time. I also enjoy reading the Breeze. :)

1 comment:

  1. While I wrote about "online media," I meant every kind of website - everyone took this to be news sites.

    Think if you consider the same position on websites that aren't just news, or people online who aren't necessarily folks you say every day or week face to face.

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