The modern times have experienced a whole lot of transformation
. The biggest invention of this era is the computer that man has created. With this and some other developments in the field of information technology that has lead to the development of a huge network known as the internet, the world has really got the form of a global village. The change has come in things as well as the thought process. Due to this many other things have seen some great changes as well.
When it comes to media then all these changes have also influenced media in certain aspects as well. It is the print media that is the worst hit due to this. The news is now being available on the internet and various websites are there which are offering such services without charging any kind of fees. This is the main cause for people to replace the traditional newspaper reading with online news reading.
This transformation from newspaper to reading news online can be attributed to many reasons. In pursuit of extensive information anyone can go to as many websites as they want with the links that are available in all the websites being one of the biggest advantage. The information often provided in a newspaper is quite limited but this is not the case while you read news online. The main cause is that there are a whole lot of websites that are capable of holding as many news items as possible that cannot be contained by any journalist. Even when most of the newspaper agencies are having online news websites they provide only limited information unlike the many of the websites that provide exhaustive information.
Apart from offering the news online one can even showcase the most happening events in the form of a video on various websites. So this distinguishes online news reading and makes it far better than the newspapers. So one gets to actually see what is happening.
There is no doubt that the print media is having a tough time in this electronic age. Other advantages of having online news is that there is no charge that one has to pay for it apart from saving on paper. Well, being free of cost can be considered as a benefit to your pocket only but when it comes to the other aspect i.e. it's paperless then it gives much worth to such news. The environment is having a negative impact in an implicit way due to the paper utilization. The reason for this is that for making paper the trees are being used and this demands cutting of trees which is a real concern in this era. This is the main contributor to the global warming that is taking place. So we can say that online news reading is environment friendly as well.