Adeline - Qn 11

Qn: Newspaper have become redundant in today's age of the internet. Comment.

The internet provides a vast amount of information that is instantly accessible to users. Users are able to find most information that they need on the internet with much ease as these informations are just a few clicks away. Furthermore, the internet has no limits to the amount information it can contain unlike the newspapers which are restricted to a limited number of pages. Countless websites ranging from types such as the Straits Times to blogs are available for users to cross reference for informations that they need. However some may argue that newspaper provide the same information with greater credibility as newspaper is one of the main source of information that provides updated news and is easily attained. Thus, it cannot afford to make errors as there are many who still rely on it to get updated with current affairs. However, it is erroneous to assume that all information on the internet is unverified and therefore not credible. For example, there are websites such as Straits Times which origins from newspaper and are reliable as they provide the same information as the newspaper. Also, the internet maybe able to provide more information than newspaper as users can find information from the past too. Newspaper on the other hand has much difficulties in doing so. Therefore, newspaper may have become redundant to a large extent as internet is able do disseminate as much or maybe even more information than the newspaper.