By: Karolyne

Have you ever read about print media? Print media is any communication of news published on paper. Although print media now isn’t as famous as digital media, it is still a very useful source of information. It is also more dependable than digital media as people can instantly share information without being checked if it’s true or not.

In a growing digital world, print media offers advantages to get a break from the screen. Print media is a non-internet news communication, which gives focus without distractions of ads, notifications, or hyperlinks. It also attracts certain age groups and can satisfy local communities.

In print media, you will be able to read news that is reliable considering the fact that there have been many lawsuits on digital media just because people are spreading fake news. If you consider print media slow or old fashioned, this is because it has have to go through many levels of approval like fact checking.

Print media has a lasting impact. Once printed, the news remains secure and reliable over time, unlike digital content, which can be easily altered or lost. Print publications can be treasured, shared, and preserved for future generations, ensuring long-term importance of information.

Social media has problems that print media doesn’t. Social media can disseminate false information easily because anyone can spread a rumor in just a few seconds on purpose or not. Even if it wasn’t on purpose, it shows that social media doesn’t go through the same levels of fact checking as print media. Social media allows bullying, raises privacy concerns as there are scammers and hackers in the digital world, and makes people pay less attention to things.

Print media should remain a part of our daily lives because it has many positive aspects. Print media provides a better reading experience, dependability, accessibility, support for the local economy, and a break from digital media. Even while digital media offers advantages, it cannot replace print media’s unique traits. So, let’s embrace print media and keep promoting the original material for communication.