Advantages and Disadvantages of Online News

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September 19, 2012 by aliciamarie94

Online News has become more and more popular as technology continues to grow. Some may view this as helpful, but others may not be too thrilled about this change.

There are many advantages and disadvantages of online news.

A useful advantage is the immediacy of getting the news out. If it waited until it printed for the newspapers, people won’t receive it until the next morning, and only if they even get newspapers. Also, the majority of our country is on the internet constantly, especially now. People have constant access to the internet with popular technology like the smart phones, iPads, etc.  Other advantages would be to have the ability to add more visuals, like images and videos, and easier to spread, since most websites have an option to tweet or email the link.

Some disadvantages would be that many websites are scams or not reliable, the internet may not be stable due to crashing or power loss, and the fact that since they can fit more information, they ADD more information and people could lose interest. At least with a newspaper, they have a limit of how much they can write so they make it short and sweet, but with just the right about of information.