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| Sometime in the next century, the
familiar early-newspaper on the front gate will disappear. And instead of
reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You’ll get up and turn on the
computer newspaper just like switching on the TV. An electronic voice will
distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the
type of news you want. You’ll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to
hear. Want more information on the brief story A simple touch makes the entire
text appear. Save it in your own personal computer if you like. These are among
the predictions from communication experts working on the newspapers of the
future. Pictured as part of broader home-based media and entertainment systems,
computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and
analysis with video images of news events. Most of the technology is available (可用的) now, but convincing (说服) more people that they don’t need paper to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to computer newspaper may be stronger from within journalism. Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and pub-fishers will have to die off before the next generation realize that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable. Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computer screens. It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the changeover because people need to buy computers and because newspapers have established financial (财经的) interests in the paper industry. |