Twitter vs Newspapers

I don't necessarily agree with what Mr. Anderson says about newspapers being dead. On a personal level I think quite the opposite. I've never been on twitter before so I don't really know how it works but I'm pretty sure the majority of people using it are not talking about world events and news that you would get in the newspaper. It all seems much more self indulgent to me. People needing to tell all their "twitter friends" what they just ate for breakfast, or that they just saw the new Harry Potter movie and it totally blew their mind. This isn't the kind of news I care about even slightly.

Another part of this is online newspapers this is a far better argument than twitter. I think most people go online for newspapers because you can read any newspaper around the country and that is truly amazing. This would keep you informed.

Still though for me, I like reading the literal "paper." I don't go on the computer much and when I do I usually have something that I need to do, so I get it done and get off. I don't think to look up today's New York Times. I know if I spent more time on the computer this is probably the way I would get my news. However, that is not the case. I like waking up in the morning drinking coffee and watching or reading (on paper) the news. I do go to these sources when I want to know more about specific events, but just as far as basic news reading, I'm not going to open up the computer.

I don't by any means disagree with the fact that computers are taking over the news and most other physically written materials. I think for some it also replaces the TV. You are able to download movies and watch TV shows any time you want. I just am really not so fond of using computers all the time.