Ajani
John-Charles
Professor
Rau
ENG
101-MD
October
27, 2014
Newspapers and magazines can prevent
false information from landing on their platforms. The print media has
gatekeepers, or Editors. It is their job to keep the following print source as
factual and tangible as possible. In the digital realm, the truth in articles
are either stretched out or completely altered since there is no type of refuge
in maintaining authenticity.
Print Media can contain its original
form. Blank stated that “It can be clipped, photocopied, and saved (Blank).” A
person could do all of the following actions with a printed source and will
still be able to locate its unique style. Once a piece of information from an
article founded in a newspaper ends up digitized, it loses its validity. “No
longer confined to one medium, it can morph, evolve, be segment or expanded, be
updated, be aggregated, be hyperlinked, and mashed up (Blank).” A controversial
article from New York Times would be in danger of being completely plagued with
misleading information the second it transfers into the digital world.
Anybody can write an article online and
put their name on it. Wikipedia’s open nature to everyone allows an online user
to change an entire article and claim it. This will be detrimental to whoever
takes out information from it. The person who comprehensively changed the
article, could have inputted nothing but their opinions. Blank indicated that
“the web has given each every one of us a voice in this world (Blank).” Digital
media gives people access to practice their freedom of speech on every topic
available on the internet. However, the print media allows people to practice
their freedom of speech as well, but to an extent.
The print media can contain single, controlled
content. It was said that “the op-ed page of the New York Times was the most
important page in the newspaper because it contained the voice of the people
(Blank).” Unlike the Digital aspect of
news articles, print media have the power to maintain their content and limit
the voice of the people. It helps the reader locate the primary source of a
topic about politics or business. As years progressed, digital media encourages
people to “publish their own content and comment on the content created by
others (Blank).” Between these two mediums, print is more practical and
concrete to go to if real, factual information is desired.
Blank,
Dan. “Why Digital Is Better Than Print.” I Feel Fine: How I Learned To Stop
Worrying and Love The Web. danblank.com.
n. p. 5 August 2000. Web 20 October 2014
I agree! The issue of security is certainly an issue. I also agree to the fact that the authenticity of the information found online can be skeptical. The saying "don't believe everything you see on the internet" is such a true statement. The fact that many DO, in fact, have a voice on the internet, it makes finding the reliable truth VERY difficult.
ReplyDeleteDigital may have many benefits in terms of learning a broad and very basic idea of what it is you are researching but print is definitely more reliable.