《报纸会不会消失》英语文章

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WillNewspaperDisappearOneDayintheFuture?

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Withthedevelopmentofcomputertechnology,ourlifeischangingrapidly.Themostimportantthingthatmayhappenisthatthenewspaperwilldisappear,someargue.

Asanewandmorepowerfulmedia,theInternetshowsitsgreatpower.Itcanspreadtheinformationmorequicklyandmoreeasily.Itmakestheworldasmallone.Bywhichyoucanknowwhatishappeningintheotherpartoftheworld,youcangettoknowtheeventhappensomeminutesago.Youcannearlygeteverythingyouneed,theeventsaboutpolitics,sportsandentertainmentandbusiness.Whateveryouwantyoucangetit.

ReallytheInternetchangesthemediainourdailylifealso.

AlthoughtheInternetshowsgreatpower,willthenewspaperdisappear?Weshouldthinkoverthisthing.Inmyopinion,thenewspaperwon’tandshouldn’tdisappear.

Firstly,thenewspaperhasahistoryof400years,anditsuccessfullysurvivedinthecompetitionwithvideoandTV,anditmayalsosurviveinthebattlewithInternet.

Secondly,whenreadingthenewspaper,wehavetheabsoluteinitiative.Wecandecidewhenandwheretoreadandwecanplaceusinanyposturewelike.BesidesthetechnologyofInternetisnotsogoodthatitstillcannotsatisfyeveryone.

Anotherreasonisthatthehabitsofuspeoplearenoteasylychanged.Wepreferthewayandthefeelingswereadnewspaper.

Alsothenewspaperseemstobemuchmoreprecise.Theeditorwillchecktheinformationcarefullytomakesureit’strue.ButintheInternetanyonecanputoutsomenewsthatwecanhardlyknowwhatisrightandwhatiswrong,makingitimpossibleforustotellwhatisthetruth.

Anotherreasonisthatthecomputercannotbewidelyspread;therearestillmanypeoplewhocannotaffordthecomputer.Andthenewspaperseemstobemuchmoreeconomic.

Themostimportantreasonisthatwecanthinkwhilereadinganewspaper.Manynewspaperswillpublishmanypassagesthatareidealistic,andbyreadingthesepaperswecanthinkoveraboutmanythings,aboutlife,society,natureandsoon.

Ithinkthatthenewspaperwillsurlysurviveinthe21stcenturyanditwillalsomakesomegreatchangestosurvive.Justwaitandwhatwillhappen!

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Thisisanoldbutalsonewtopic.WiththeappearanceanddevelopmentofInternet,somemediaprofessorhadpredictedthatnewspaperwouldhavedisappearedonedayfromourlifeoneortwoyearsago.Tosomeextent,Iagreewiththem.ButwhenIexpresssuchanideainmyownblog,somefriendsquestionedmeonthis.

Infact,differentpeoplehavedifferentideasonsuchatopic.Amongsomeprofessorsandresearchers,thecruelsituationfornewspaperistheyplayalessandlessimportantroleintheyoungpeople’slifecomparedwiththee-media.Fromtheearlymorningtothelatenight,youngpeoplearesearchingorreadingthefirst-handinformationtheyneedfrominternet,notfromthenewspaperandotherprintedmedia.Asweallknow,oursocietybelongstotheyoung.Iftheypaylittleattentiontothenewspaper,thestatusofitwillfallsoonerorlater.Andthesecond,moreandmorenewspaperagencybegantoruninthedebt.Theycan’tdrawenoughmoneyfortheirdevelopmentsuchasadvertisementfees.Ifnewspaperlosttheabilityofearningmoney,howcantheysurvivefromthecruelmarketcompetition?Meanwhile,moreandmorekindsofmediaappearwhichwillsharethesamemarketandaudienceofthenewspaper.Forexample,mobilephoneisregardedasthefifthmedianowbecausetheyreallydosomejobsofmediasuchascommunicationandexchangeideasandthoughts.Ifthetechnologydevelopsfasterandfaster,maybeinthenearfuturewecanreadmobilephonenewspaperonthewaytoworkoranytimeconvenientforus.Finally,newspaperdevelopsatalowerspeedcomparedwithitsrivals.Wecannotdenythatnewspaperhasmadesomeprogressduringtheseyears,buttheirprogresswasnotenoughforattractingmorereadersandsotheirmarketsharedecreased.

Butatthesametime,someexpertsalsodisagreewithsuchreasons.Intheiropinion,newspaperisamaturekindofmediawhichwassuccessfullyexistedseveralhundredyears.Radio,TVcan’tchangeitsroleinthesociety,andofcourse,Internetcan’t,either.Second,onlyfewpeoplecanusehigh-techintheirdailylives,soitisimpossibletoaffectthewholesituation.Insomebackwardcountries,computerandinternetarenotaspopularasinadvancedcountries.What’smore,thenumberofthosepeopleismuchmorethanthepeoplewhocanuseInterneteveryday.Atlast,somepeoplewhoareaccesstoInternethavedevelopedagoodhabitofreadingprintednewspaper.InUK,USA,Japanandotherdevelopedcountries,readingmorningnewspaperisanessentialpartoflifeformanyfamilieseveniftheycanfindsuchnewsonline.AlsoinChina,someelitistsseldomwatchTV,buttheypreferreadingnewspaperastheirinformationchannel.Forthosepersons,canyouimaginewhattheirlifewillbewithoutnewspaper?

Allinall,itisanindefinitetopicforusanditwilllastforalongperiod.TheonlythingIamsurethatnewspaperwillstillstaywithmeduringmylifeeventhoughIgetmostinformationfromInternet.Talkingaboutorpredictingitsfuture?Ican’t,maybeonlytheGoldknows!