Comments on: Reading the papers vs getting your news via RSS http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2005/0727/reading-the-papers-vs-getting-your-news-via-rss/ Irish Communications Consultant - Be Noticed Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Adam http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2005/0727/reading-the-papers-vs-getting-your-news-via-rss/#comment-109 Adam Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:31:40 +0000 http://pkellypr.com/blog/2005/0727/reading-the-papers-vs-getting-your-news-via-rss/#comment-109 I think people heralded an end to print media when radio came along, then TV and even the Internet. Now with RSS it is so very easy to get the news you want delivered straight to your desktop, but I still prefer print media in many cases. For one I can't read too much on screen stuff and my attention span seems to be shorter than normal, maybe because it's easier to scroll through an article to the paragraphs that concern you more. A newspaper also gives you a ton of stories and often you end up reading pieces that you wouldn't usually bother with. Newspapers have survived the TV age because they were seen as a way to give more indepth coverage to a piece, where TV news would only be able to devote a small amount of time. While Internet news offers the possibility of unlimited space to each story it is also based heavily on breaking news and so can often only report to the same depth as TV (in fact, while I love BBC News Online its articles tend to be the same as the Ceefax news pages, perhaps slightly longer). I also like to have something in my hands, and like the fact that a newspaper can always be there for whatever time you decide to have a quiet cup of coffee or a poo! (my laptop doesn't have wireless!) I think Print media still has a lot of life left in it and I don't think it will be replaced by online content. I think the Internet is probably the biggest threat it has faced, however, as it can offer everything print can except for the paper! I think people heralded an end to print media when radio came along, then TV and even the Internet. Now with RSS it is so very easy to get the news you want delivered straight to your desktop, but I still prefer print media in many cases.
For one I can’t read too much on screen stuff and my attention span seems to be shorter than normal, maybe because it’s easier to scroll through an article to the paragraphs that concern you more.
A newspaper also gives you a ton of stories and often you end up reading pieces that you wouldn’t usually bother with.
Newspapers have survived the TV age because they were seen as a way to give more indepth coverage to a piece, where TV news would only be able to devote a small amount of time. While Internet news offers the possibility of unlimited space to each story it is also based heavily on breaking news and so can often only report to the same depth as TV (in fact, while I love BBC News Online its articles tend to be the same as the Ceefax news pages, perhaps slightly longer).
I also like to have something in my hands, and like the fact that a newspaper can always be there for whatever time you decide to have a quiet cup of coffee or a poo! (my laptop doesn’t have wireless!)

I think Print media still has a lot of life left in it and I don’t think it will be replaced by online content. I think the Internet is probably the biggest threat it has faced, however, as it can offer everything print can except for the paper!

]]> By: Ed Byrne http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2005/0727/reading-the-papers-vs-getting-your-news-via-rss/#comment-106 Ed Byrne Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:35:52 +0000 http://pkellypr.com/blog/2005/0727/reading-the-papers-vs-getting-your-news-via-rss/#comment-106 You know I don't read any hard copy stuff (apart from books) at all any more, it's just too tedious. But I hear you on the downside of RSS ... I miss LOADS of great stuff everyday, just because I don't have time to read it as it's maybe not as relevant to my job as others. Plus getting 300ish headlines a day makes you 'weed' out stuff you'd probably read if it was in the paper or a magazine. And I don't read Wired on-line only because it's free ... it's just easier! (Mind you ... that's one of the subscriptions that really suffering - interesting articles, but not job-relevant and that's all I seem to have time for). You know I don’t read any hard copy stuff (apart from books) at all any more, it’s just too tedious.

But I hear you on the downside of RSS … I miss LOADS of great stuff everyday, just because I don’t have time to read it as it’s maybe not as relevant to my job as others. Plus getting 300ish headlines a day makes you ‘weed’ out stuff you’d probably read if it was in the paper or a magazine.

And I don’t read Wired on-line only because it’s free … it’s just easier! (Mind you … that’s one of the subscriptions that really suffering - interesting articles, but not job-relevant and that’s all I seem to have time for).

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