The article discusses how newspapers are becoming a less favourable source of getting the news and how the internet has taken over. This is a major problem for journalist as they lose their jobs and the nations all over the World won't get good quality stories like the article that brought down President Nixon to defeat corruption on some level. Also, young people aren't really paying much attention to newspapers with people from 15 to 24 are spending 30% less time reading the newspaper once they started using the web.
1. I do believe it is a 'cause for concern' because institutions aren't able to make profits through publishing news online leading to journalists getting less pay. This is because of the fact that news online is free and barely any of the news websites have a paywall. Therefore, the quality of news would reduce because journalist wouldn't be pleased with low pay or low skilled journalists being recruited to lower costs. However, we shouldn't panic as we may be able to receive news stories that are true and fully explained. For example, technology has given people the power to record any criminal behaviour so this can be sent to news institutions who have publish it online for everyone to see in any country.
2. Most of the predictions are true and it may not have been too difficult to come up with those assumptions. From the Ofcom research it is evident that young people are becoming reliant on the internet to get news and rarely/don't use newspaper (59% internet vs 21% newspaper). This just shows the significance the internet has on most audiences as it was a tradition to read newspapers with breakfast in the morning and now the internet has stopped that.
3. Journalism is at risk for sure. The fact that the internet is now where news is being read, profits aren't being made. This is because its free so the employees working on these stories won't get that much pay because the business is receiving low inflows. The Scott Trust Limited funds The Guardian.
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