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| Sometime in next century, the familiar
early-morning newspaper on the front door 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.
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appear. Save it in your own personal computer file if you like. These are among
the predictions from communications 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 video images of news events. Most of the technology is available now, but convincing more people that they don’t need paper to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism (新闻界). Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of jounalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realizes 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 interests in the paper industry. |