Where's my morning paper? The Disappearing Print Media

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Paper is slowly disappearing. Newspapers and magazines will slowly disappear and no longer be the primary form of media distribution. Fido (the dog) will need to look for other work.

The internet will become the new newspaper. Instead of picking up your newspaper from the step or walkway to your front door, you will open your computer and log on, or open your cell phone and hit your favorite news app.

Some newspapers have already stopped distributing paper to certain areas. Since the internet is common place now, newspapers and magazines are making the move to online distribution to reduce costs of distribution such as shipping, and printing costs associated with traditional print distribution.

Unfortunately, this will leave many people out in the cold. The elderly and some disabled people will no longer be able to get access to their local news. Television will be their only option. Unbelievably their are still some people don't have access to the internet, and don't even have a computer in their houses. As of 2012 about a fifth of Canadian households did not have access to the internet, 46 percent with incomes of 30 000 or less had no internet access according to an article on the cbc, entitled, No Internet in 1/5 Canadian homes.



The main reason was a general lack of interest or need to have the internet. I think that is unacceptable. It is important that everyone is able to access the internet. More and more information is only accessible via the internet. There are numerous times that the internet can save you time and money.

If you can't afford it, you should at least educated yourself about the internet, and use it at internet cafes and the library, whenever you can. The internet is like food for the mind. People without access, are limiting their opportunities, and access to information.

Its unfortunate that the internet is replacing the newspaper and some other type of media. There is something to be said about the way the newspaper smells, the sound it makes when you turn the pages, and the black smudges it makes on your fingers. I will never be comfortable accessing the paper online, the paper format makes it easier to read, and it makes it easier to track certain articles you are interested in.

If that is what the newspaper is turning into, then I just hope that books aren't the next to go. I would rather pay more for a book then to be forced to access it only.