Newspapers should be made online

I see you didn't start much of an argument in round 1, but I guess you lacked rebuttal material, therefore I will post my arguments now. Anti-change Who decides what is to change and what isn't? If it is wholly beneficial to society, why not change? Imagine when the internet was developed, someone said that they wanted old-school communication to continue and shut down the program. Then where would we be now? No internet, no electronic devices' connectivity, and no debate. org. Accessibility There are issues in the paper newspaper as well. Suppose if the delivery transport got stuck in a traffic jam, the company's driver met an accident or you are away from home. Where would you get your news then? In the internet, you can easily find a place with wifi again and get it once more even from remote places like Antarctica, but in the newspaper you would have to wait till the next day and be present at your registered address. Internet 1.5 dollar is the price of the average internet connection, yet a monthly newspaper bill costs about the same or a little more, I think. At my place the bill is 2.25 dollars. Now, we can see which is cheaper. An ad-free version can be developed online as well for a little more money, at least it would spare me the Pizza Hut pamphlet. Moreover, developers could easily invest time and develop a search engine once online is the only medium. You can't do searching so fast in a newspaper, turning pages and scanning with our ordinary human eyes. Searches for Trump's speech or Barcelona's score would be aided that way. Jobs Contrary to con's predictions, I believe that jobs will increase if newspapers are made online. All the old reporters and other people would still be working online to publish their articles, and a new team of web developers and coders will be added. Only thing that would be damaged is the manual transporting center, but there are many uses for transports except sending newspapers, and it will be balanced by the new web devs. Trees used up In addition to that, I found out this source that claims that the Sunday newspaper of the US uses up 500,000 trees everyday. Do I need to do the math? We will be saving all those trees if we stop paper production. Newspapers also use up lot of ink, and is wasting another natural resource. Save the paper, the ink, the money and the Earth! (slow down global warming) . https://www.usi.edu...... Recycling Another point to add is that not all newspaper companies are environment-friendly. This depends entirely on the company's' management, funds and locality. Therefore, newspapers are still damaging to the environment. Transport/Location Many newspapers are constricted to a region, such as Delhi times to Delhi and Times of India to India. Online, it could be shared around the world to all the curious viewers out there. It would also dramatically reduce transport cost, for there will be no more manual labor. Lesser Printing machines and offices would be needed as well. Languages Some newspapers come only in English, and others in the regional language. All these newspapers have different content. Online, we could have a flimsy but useful translation of the article. Faster connection with the audience In the case of newspapers, we have to wait until the next day to get the recent news, but with online reporting, we would have it instantly, as soon as the reporter writes it, it will be there. Space Sometimes newspaper articles can't be too long as there is a limit to the number of pages a newspaper has. But there shall be no such limit on online newspaper apps. Furthermore, if I miss out on some issue and I lost the paper/dropped water on it, I would have to contact the archives to get it and pay extra. But online, everything is stored forever and I can easily have a look of the 2016 issue (in 2050) for history projects or simply remembering the old times. Reactions People can react to different articles online, such as questioning the article's validity or expressing support for it/disapproval. With the paper, you can only contact the reporting agencies or discuss with nearby readers, which is not a great audience, as it is hard to put in all the efforts to find and contact the journalists, and it doesn't seem very realistic when you go up to a neighbor's home asking if he read the article in the newspaper. Online, a comment and like/dislike section could be easily made and discussions about these issues start taking place. Sources (My old debates on this topic) . http://www.debate.org... . http://www.debate.org...