How Can We Say Print is Dead?

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

According to a new study, almost ONE-THIRD of Americans do not use the Internet at home or work. Shocking right? If you're reading Her Campus you clearly use the Internet.

Granted these figures come from mostly minorities, the poor, and the elderly which partially makes sense. One of my grandmas is very tech savvy, while the other has trouble double clicking and despite fervent attempts from multiple grandchildren, avoids surfing the web.

While this data is important for a wide variety of reasons, what jumps out at me is that these 33% of people can't read information online. They still rely on magazines, TV, and newspapers to get their information. And while they are missing out on reading HC, it does give me hope that the U.S. isn't ready for a TOTAL shift to the web. What do you think?

Comments

Hopefully it will still be a

Hopefully it will still be a while before most of our information sources shift entirely to the web, but even now to get the full features of a story (videos, comments, links to more information) from a print source, you need to use the internet. Time to start teaching your grandparents how to surf the web!

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, March 12, 2010.

I am glad print is not dead,

I am glad print is not dead, because I love the feeling of flipping through a magazine, but it's shocking. I spend 55% of my day on the internet!

Submitted by Mariel Loveland on Friday, February 19, 2010.

Print Media Devotee

I'm glad print isn't dead! I love the feeling of holding a real book made out of paper and hope to publish books of my own someday. In fact, I'd say that during an average day, most of the information I take in is printed. I'm just afraid of what will happen over the next few decades, as more media becomes digital and higher percentages of the population grow up using the Internet.

Submitted by Hallie Santo on Wednesday, February 17, 2010.

Here here!

My heart aches for anyone without the means to read HC. But I am right there with you Ms. Spunk -- it's clear that people still love their print magazines and televisions, and I hope it stays that way for sometime.

Submitted by Gennifer Delman on Wednesday, February 17, 2010.