Newspapers

Although an old technology newspapers are still relevant and useful today. Newspapers have been around for a while now. The first newspaper was created in 59 BC when the romans had a print newspaper called Acta Diurna. This is one of the main reasons that it surprises me how long newspapers have managed to stay alive.  Over the years as technology has progressed  newspapers have been falling further and further behind. Also over the years, new competitors for newspapers have been slowly popping up. For example radio,television, and the internet.  These new ways of receiving information are pushing newspapers off the scene. The main audience of newspapers is senior citizens. My grandparents are the only people I know who still subscribe to the newspaper. Although, the newspaper does have some advantages. One advantage that is responsible for the long levity of newspapers is that they are non linear. You can read any part of the newspaper any time you feel like it. Where as with television, they have a specific time for their news, and once it's gone, it's gone. You also have to sit through what seems like hours of pointless commercials. Newspapers avoid that however. They are also savable. I know plenty of people who still have newspaper clippings from the seventies, including myself. These are two of the many reasons for newspaper longevity. I also really enjoyed this lecture and found it very informative.