Comments on: Putting Down Newspapers http://www.jwphill3.com/culture/putting-down-newspapers/ Sat, 01 May 2010 15:52:01 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Steve Tucker http://www.jwphill3.com/culture/putting-down-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Steve Tucker Sun, 09 Jul 2006 02:38:31 +0000 http://sandbox.jwphill.com/2006/07/06/putting-down-newspapers/#comment-25 Yeah I see where you're coming from. I guess only time will tell. On a side note you've got one hell of a sweet phone! Yeah I see where you’re coming from. I guess only time will tell. On a side note you’ve got one hell of a sweet phone!

]]> By: J Phill http://www.jwphill3.com/culture/putting-down-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-24 J Phill Sat, 08 Jul 2006 06:13:41 +0000 http://sandbox.jwphill.com/2006/07/06/putting-down-newspapers/#comment-24 I think you two have very good points, and to an extent I agree that I wouldn't want to see newspapers completely go, however they aren't what they used to be because of the web. Look how many handheld/portable devices are out there trying to get internet apps on them for people on the go. Imagine how much more convenient it would be for business people to just scan through headlines on a site and choose what they want to read. And I never liked using browsers on a phone until I got the <a href="http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=856" rel="nofollow">Motorola Q</a>, and the browser is sweet on it, and reading websites is so much better. So I don't think newspapers will completely be gone one day, however, they are slowing down quite it bit. I think you two have very good points, and to an extent I agree that I wouldn’t want to see newspapers completely go, however they aren’t what they used to be because of the web. Look how many handheld/portable devices are out there trying to get internet apps on them for people on the go. Imagine how much more convenient it would be for business people to just scan through headlines on a site and choose what they want to read.

And I never liked using browsers on a phone until I got the Motorola Q, and the browser is sweet on it, and reading websites is so much better.

So I don’t think newspapers will completely be gone one day, however, they are slowing down quite it bit.

]]> By: Tyler Smeltekop http://www.jwphill3.com/culture/putting-down-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Tyler Smeltekop Fri, 07 Jul 2006 22:49:56 +0000 http://sandbox.jwphill.com/2006/07/06/putting-down-newspapers/#comment-23 I'd have to second that, Steve. During academic periods, I take the CATA bus to work, and the State News is great for when I don't have reading to do for class. Even now, I read the State News during my lunch break (I work at MSU Printing, so copies are always abundant), and I really enjoy it. There's something more tangible about holding a paper in your hand--I feel like I really read things more in a paper. It's just how things work; the internet is designed for skimming. Like John said, he searches for news in a very targeted way. Newspapers are the opposite--they allow the reader to mosey along the headlines. I get non-MSU news not from TV or a newspaper, but from CNN.com, though. I’d have to second that, Steve. During academic periods, I take the CATA bus to work, and the State News is great for when I don’t have reading to do for class. Even now, I read the State News during my lunch break (I work at MSU Printing, so copies are always abundant), and I really enjoy it. There’s something more tangible about holding a paper in your hand–I feel like I really read things more in a paper. It’s just how things work; the internet is designed for skimming. Like John said, he searches for news in a very targeted way. Newspapers are the opposite–they allow the reader to mosey along the headlines.

I get non-MSU news not from TV or a newspaper, but from CNN.com, though.

]]> By: Steve Tucker http://www.jwphill3.com/culture/putting-down-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Steve Tucker Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:47:56 +0000 http://sandbox.jwphill.com/2006/07/06/putting-down-newspapers/#comment-22 I dont read newspapers much anymore, but Id be sad to see them go if they did. I think a lot of their continuing success is due to giving people what they are used to. Can you really sit on a bus, or at the breakfast table and look up the news on a website? Furthermore, if you could, would you want to? There is something about the printed word has always been more appealing than the screen to me, and I dont think im the only one. I dont read newspapers much anymore, but Id be sad to see them go if they did. I think a lot of their continuing success is due to giving people what they are used to. Can you really sit on a bus, or at the breakfast table and look up the news on a website? Furthermore, if you could, would you want to? There is something about the printed word has always been more appealing than the screen to me, and I dont think im the only one.

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