Of all the treasures in the world, information has always been the most valuable one. In the present-day world, its value should have dropped. However, weirdly enough, the “inflation” has never taken place. Because of the increasing importance of the new forms of media, the old ones can possibly become obsolete. Therefore, the question of which of these is more valuable and whether people should pick one of these or maintain the use of both arises.
Though the choice seems obviously be in the favor of the new media, there are a couple of issues to consider before passing the verdict. It is obvious that the modern forms of media namely, the online media, are very accessible. While there might be no place to buy newspapers or other media in the vicinity, the online media is always close at hand, except for the cases of power cuts. Hence, online sources are on par with the traditional media in terms of accessibility.
When it comes to reliability, the traditional media is in the winning position. However, the traditional media comes first by a very narrow edge. The key reason why it should be considered more reliable is that no one can edit it anonymously.
The final point of comparison between the two media types is the person delivering the information. At this stage, the two media types have a lot in common. As much as in online media, in newspapers and journals, the author’s name can be easily omitted or altered. Hence, the traditional media seems to have more potential.
Therefore, the rivalry between the traditional forms of media and the recently invented ones is obvious; moreover, it seems that the given contest is going to continue for a while and is highly likely to make one of the kinds of media disappear or, at least, become very unpopular. If comparing the viability of each of the forms of media in question, one must admit that the newest and the most recently developed forms of media, such as social networking or online blogs, are most likely to be the winner in the final battle of the media.
However, the given hypothesis does not mean that the older forms of media are going to be washed away by the sands of time. It can be suggested that the “survivors” are still going to be used, though by considerably less people than it used to be, and on certain occasions. Hence, none of the media forms will ever disappear completely, since there will always be the people who will prefer to use less popular one.