February 2, 2012
Okay, I read the article and here’s what I think.
Personally, this article appealed to me. Mainly in the section that talks about how readers have good judgment. I believe that to be true, because no matter what you have an opinion on something and that drives what you choose to or refuse to read or acknowledge.
With a platform like the internet it is much easier to focus only on things that appeal to you, where as with a newspaper you are required to purchase the entire thing. I can’t think of a place where you can just go and request the style section only. But with online media you’re able to just subscribe to the RSS feed for the section that you’re interested in.
While I think moving towards a more digital platform I feel like people are going to lose out on general knowledge and news. When you got the entire newspaper you had the information in your hands and often times things caught your eye while you searched for the section that you wanted to focus on, thus whether you wanted to or not you had the potential of “stumbling upon” new information. With things like RSS feeds you don’t have to look at other things to get to your end goal.
You begin and end where you want to.
