Week: 7 News Deserts EOTO

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  News deserts are becoming more popular now a day since there are so many people using online technology to get their news. A new dessert is a community that has discontinued using daily newspapers. Over the last 15 years, there has been a huge loss of about 35 billion dollars in ad revenue for newspapers. This has had a huge impact on local newspaper outlets considers 2,000 of them closed. Growing up I have noticed this quite often as when I was younger I always remember my dad reading the daily news and overtime that has slowly stopped. He went from getting all of his news from newspapers to just watching the tv or using his for this information. And I feel that most people have done the same as it is just easier to watch the news than to read about it. Also, I can now just wake up open my phone, and see everything that is going on in the world in seconds. Even though in my option I see electronic news as being more efficient it also can work as a disadvantage. The problem with the loss of local newspapers is that causes a loss of civic engagement. And without local newspapers, it might cause people to not be the most informed on what going on in today's world. Also, it causes a lot of lost jobs for journalists, and a lot of stories don't get reported on because of this. I think that even with how easily accessible the news is online most people might just get distracted with other activities you can do online. You will also find a lot of news online that is could be not as reliable as your local newspapers.





https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/growing-local-news-deserts-endanger-democracy-study-finds

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-decline-of-local-newspapers-exacerbates-polarization

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