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Some people argued that market of paper-based
books would devastate as e-book technology develop. These days, however, the printed book
market is still growing up and many people are visiting bookstores to buy books
they read. Thus, I disagree with the statement that anybody will not buy printed
newspapers or books anymore in the future due to no-paying online contents. That’s
because reading online contents is sometimes inconvenient and printed newspapers and books will have lots of advantages until the future.
To begin with, there are some subjects requiring
to people taking a note. It is difficult for readers to understand a subject like
mathematics without using a pencil. However, when reading online content about math
or physics, people unfamiliar with them should prepare papers to take a note to
understand them. By reading online contents, they might perhaps prepare lots of
things. For instance, I bought iPad devices to reduce the number of books in my
bag. However, when I study math, I still open printed books and take a note on
it. It helps to improve my understanding. Therefore, people in the future would
buy paper-based books to solve problems or understand the logic of math and physics
completely though there are the same contents online.
Moreover, newspapers will function as media
to know important news. A newspaper is one of the best channels to know the day’s
most important happenings because professional reporters reorganize in order of
prominence. Also, a newspaper is not only lighter than a tablet with online
contents, but also bigger than the screen of smartphone. It allows people to read
anywhere such as on the subway or bus. To be specific, a survey conducted in Korea showed
people prefer to read news with newspaper to do with a smartphone on the subway. I
think newspapers will still work in the future because of their niche functions.
In conclusion, functions of online contents
even without paying seem difficult to substitute the present functions of printed
newspapers and books in the future. That’s because paper-based contents have
lots of different benefits from online contents. |