Newspaper Digital media What is your main ways that you receive information and entertainment, such as television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet?
Digital media become a more common form of obtaining news
We may have a general impression that there is still a part of people who prefer to drink tea and read the morning paper, but at the present time more people, especially the young, more often listen to or watch news reports in a digital format than that “paper”.
As more and more people get their news from the sources like television and internet, will newspaper be actually no longer important? Although it can't be denied that newspaper is still of high value to some people so far (e.g. visual & verbal learners), digital media is more attractive to many people, and therefore has become very popular these days.
Digital media provides more channels for us to receive information:
In the VAK learning style, the styles of receiving information can explain why digital media are more enjoyed by more audiences. When we get news in the Internet such as online articles, online radio, online videos etc., we can take in information with our eyes and our ears, and find and choose what news we want by controlling a computer with mouse and keyboard. We can also control smart-phone to do so with our fingers. Audiences can use all three modalities to get news from the Internet or use only one style they prefer.
We have a single channel for learning in transitional media:
Compared with the digital media, you need only your eyes to read newspaper, and only your ears to listen to radio. That makes them have less ‘share of the market’, because a person who prefers both of visual and auditory effect will be bored or dissatisfied with newspapers. The traditional media is also less controllable than digital media.
For adaptation, many newspapers and magazine want to save themselves from losing readers in the digital age by providing subscription and free news online, selling ad space on their websites etc. The age of the newspaper may not be dead easily. However, I think digital media will achieved a dominant position in the world market in the future.
Newspaper (Visual channel)
Digital media (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic and Tactile channel)
Thanks for you’re sharing. Actually, I always read the article in the Internet or watch some videos about the news in apple daily. It is really convenience for us to learn new information. I strongly like taking in information best with my eyes. I think that many youngsters no long read the traditional newspaper as well. So I believe that digital media will replace the traditional newspaper in the future.
ReplyDeleteI believe the reason why people prefer to read news, or acquire information online is because with Internet, people can read not only the news, but they can also look for other related information or related topics. This is much easier when done online, it would be hard to look for information if you read newspaper. One of the most innovating things about broadcasting news I personally think is the apple daily online news(蘋果動新聞), which provide audio and visual information that is suitable for Visual Learner and Audio Learner.
ReplyDeleteI like reading news on Internet too. Advantages of taking information from digital media are convenience, attractive and diversification. I think newspaper is not dead. It just improved by technology with different ways.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think about the future trend of learning? Do we need an institution (with face to face interaction)?
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