Compare Reading news online and Reading the hard copy of the newspaper

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 21^st 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 of 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, burning materials or you can 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 required 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.