Is the internet the green way to go? When you think about it: yes it might be the more environmentally friendly way of distributing media!

Imagine all of the paper that is used just to print out magazines and newspapers. If all of those media are placed on websites, we could use up unlimited amounts of pages without chopping down any trees. Of course electricity still produced pollution but it is much less impacting than chopping down a forest of trees just to print out media that will be read and thrown out after.

Another benefit that arises from placing media on the internet is that there would be less advertisements printed out and posted all over the city. This can also benefit the appeal of the city: wouldn’t you love to walk downtown without being bombarded by advertisement posters every block?

There is also a negative aspect that would be formed from placing media online (as opposed to offline). You could be bombarded by web advertisements and junk content all over the internet if this becomes the mainstream way of distributing media.

This method can not only be used by corporations but people in general could use the internet to their advantage to lower the usage of paper. There are simple little steps that could be done such as posting garage sales, small service offers and wanted ads through online classified websites instead of posting posters around the neighborhood.

What will happen to print media? How long will it survive? Even with the evolution of the MP3 player, sales of CDs have been decreasing as people turn to digital media formats of their favorite tracks. Will this happen to newspapers, magazines and ads as well as people resort to the internet to blogs and sites for their daily dose of news and entertainment? At this rate, it seems like it will.

People are turning to online media as opposed to print media because it is free, convenient to access and more dynamic.

Since print media is free, people can simply access all of the information and news that they are looking for free on many blogs and websites.

Convenience is a major factor as well. People are simply lazy: if you can access everything you want at any hour of the day without moving out of your chair, wouldn’t you?

The online media is much more dynamic than print media! Blogs are sometimes updated several times a day. This can only be done with the online media because it is easy to do so for the publisher and it’s also free! The distribution of the news/article can also be done at a push of a button.

I don’t think print media will disappear from the face of the Earth during our lifetime but it will still decrease dramaticall since the online media has so much to offer.