Newspapers are the first items that
keep us up to date with news that happened all over the world which has been
invented many centuries ago. As centuries past, technologies have been greatly
improved. In this 21st century, internet technology that have been
greatly improved have causes newspaper to be able to obtain through the
internet network. Even though newspaper resources can be obtained online for
free, there are still newspaper companies which still producing hardcopy newspaper
and go on with their business. Therefore, we will be discussing the differences
between reading news online and reading the hardcopy of newspaper.
First and the foremost, online
version of newspaper have become available in this century. There are a lot of advantages
reading news online because news which are incorrectly written can be corrected
immediately without providing the wrong news to the public. Besides that,
reading news online are not restricted to time and place because online news
can be accessible 24/7 where internet are available. Furthermore, online news
such as The Stars, The Sun, News Straight Time and etc are available for free
in the internet. Indirectly, reading news online also encouraging green
environment because online news are paperless. Since online news are paperless,
there will be no clatter around the house.
On the other hand, hard copy of
newspapers cannot be correct immediately when inaccurate news are being
published. In addition, hardcopy newspaper are only available when the stores
such as groceries, mini market, 7-11 and etc or through delivery by the
newspaperman. Besides, we also need to pay for the newspaper subscription every
month. Hardcopy of newspapers can also cause clatter around the house which
will affect the movement in the house.
However, there are also advantages
of reading hardcopy of newspaper because the newspapers can be obtained at a
very low price, approximately RM1 to RM2. This is because hardcopy of newspaper
doesn’t required any items or expensive gadgets. Moreover, we can also recycle
old newspaper by using it to wrap something, cover something, burn materials
or make a bag out of it. At the same time, we can also sell old
newspaper to gain some additional pocket money.
On the contrary, reading news
online require an enormous amount of money because it is necessary to possess certain electronic
gadgets such as computers, smartphones, or etc Another disadvantages of
reading news online is it required a consistence and stable internet connection
because online news can only be accessed through the World Wide Web. Electronic
gadgets indirectly also consumed electricity which causes us need to pay
additional electricity bills.
In
conclusion, there are many differences between reading online news and reading the hard copy of the newspaper. In my opinion,
I feel that reading newspapers online are more convenience compared to reading
hard copy of newspaper. This is because with the improvement of technologies,
smartphones are one of the basic requirement of human being and most people
have one for themselves regarding ages or sex. No matter reading news online or
reading hard copy of newspaper, they are both equally important to us because
it keep updated with the current news around the world.
