Day Five

Today in class we discussed how technology may not necessarily be the end of written word because there always needs to be a tangible back-up. For instance, if the internet one day mysteriously crashed, anyone who worked solely online with no back-up would be out of luck and probably out of a job. Schools that would use online textbooks would be unable to teach their classes from the book if there was no internet. And in the same measure online classes would be wiped out. Media would need to still have newspaper porduction because they need to reach the public in as many ways as they can. Technology has done nothing but aid the industry by allowing publications to be more accessible which is necessary in this electronically dependent day and age. Though it seeks to take the place of former large producers such as newspapers, radio and magaizines, it will never completely wipe them out.