Print Media

The on-going debate about the online media, replacing the print media has been highly discussed ever since the Internet became a prominent medium.  The big editorial and publishing houses have feared the ending of the printing era. The online media has completely revolutionized the way we consume our news, and with this the newspaper have naturally adjust as well.

The journalist Ed Amory, published an essay in 2015 in “The Guardian”, claiming that in Britain, the print newspapers, will indeed stay more dominant than the online media.

Since Amory’s career began in the 90’s, he belong to the journalist hat experienced the print to media transition.

Amory references to the media agenda that it has been until now maintained by the British media, something that has failed to happen in other countries, like in the U.S.

Britain has had the opportunity to mange the reporting in order to favor the print newspapers.

If the rest of the world follows the British example and the medias agenda keeps favoring the print mediums, then it will still survive. Changes might be adjusted over the years but it is all subject to the media agenda. This means, if the media outlets where to only publish the most important information online, people would be forced to acquire a medium in order to obtain the most important reports.