In the age of information technology where the world is our fingertips, the
relevance of newspapers is rapidly deteriorating. Once newspapers were the only
means through which people get information about what is happening in the world.
A whole generation of people developed the habit of reading the newspapers early
in the morning to get the information about the world. In many ways newspaper
succeeded in bringing the people up form the darkness they were in. But with the
rapid development of technology, information became more accessible to the
people. The development of internet is a good example of this. Thus, the
development of the internet has made a profound impact on people. Once people
had to wait for the newspapers to arrive at their home but now all the news in the
world is accessible through their smart phones, laptops etc... which are all
connected to the global network. So, the advancement in information technology
has rapidly shrunken the world in to a small smart phone.
Newspaper is not a evergreen medium because of various reasons. First of
all, is the increasing dependency ins internet and social medias by the people. The
society has a whole became digitalized thus eliminating the need to read the
newspaper. Another aspect is the internets advantage in the speed at which the
information or the news reaches the people. Thus, people will rely more on the
digital world rather than waiting to know the news form newspapers. Digital
content requires less space to hold a large amount of information. Therefore, by
reading online news, the people get more types of news available depending on
their interest. Online news services have the ability to make articles more
interactive. Videos can be embedded into articles alongside text and pictures when
the article is virtual. It is impossible to embed videos in newspapers because they
are physical In the modern era, the field of competition has become wider, for
which it is very important to remain updated at all times. For which we will have to
move towards online news and it will be necessary for the coming time.