{"id":82307,"date":"2017-12-20T16:15:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T15:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=82307"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:54","slug":"nieuwe-generatie-nieuwsjunkies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/12\/20\/nieuwe-generatie-nieuwsjunkies\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I think that paper newspapers will be gone by 2020’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goodbye paper, hello online. It\u2019s a trend that has been unfurling for some time in the media landscape. Leaving the question: do users actually want this digital news revolution? Or are they still attached to fixed delivery moments, the feel of paper and subscriptions? EM asked five 20-year-old experts. “I think that paper newspapers will be gone by 2020.”<\/p>\n

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Dean Bessems, IBCoM<\/h3>
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Media consumption<\/strong><\/p>\n

News on TV:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018Once in a while, when I\u2019m on the couch with a plate of spaghetti.\u2019<\/p>\n

Paper:\u00a0<\/strong>Hardly ever<\/p>\n

News sources:\u00a0<\/strong>Google, professional journals<\/p>\n

Subscriptions: <\/strong>No<\/p>\n

Pay for news:\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018Hardly ever, and definitely not for things I\u2019m not really interested in anyway.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only paper news medium I read occasionally is the free daily Metro \u2013 on the train. Apart from that, it\u2019s all digital. Most of the time, I rely on Google\u2019s suggestions. Google makes a selection based on which websites I\u2019ve visited and articles I\u2019ve read. It works perfectly: I get exactly the stuff I\u2019m interested in reading. That\u2019s why I never buy a newspaper. I\u2019m definitely not paying for all those articles that don\u2019t interest me anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that paper newspapers will be gone by 2020. It\u2019s completely outdated. Even my father has switched to a digital subscription \u2013 it\u2019s so much cheaper. And hardly anyone my age reads a newspaper anymore. I hardly watch TV either. If I want to see something, I\u2019ll check it out online later on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to access information that interests me personally, including longer articles. I have no problem paying for that. My generation doesn\u2019t mind paying for news \u2013 we just don\u2019t want to pay for the entire newspaper. The next generation won\u2019t be used to paying for news at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a bad thing at all that the entire landscape is changing for the traditional media. It\u2019s more or less inevitable. When people no longer have use for something, it simply disappears. You can find so much bitesized and good information online.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rose Li, BSc\u00b2 in Econometrics & Economics<\/h3>
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Media consumption<\/strong><\/p>\n

News on TV:<\/strong> \u2018Never. I don\u2019t even have a set.\u2019<\/p>\n

Paper:<\/strong> Occasionally<\/p>\n

News sources:<\/strong> The Economist \/ National Geographic \/WeChat<\/p>\n

Subscriptions:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n

Pay for news:<\/strong> Yes, but not that many<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoy reading from paper. It\u2019s a more pleasant reading experience, less fleeting. I can save clippings, add notes and it\u2019s easy to find them later on. When I read information online, I\u2019m afraid I\u2019ll lose track of it. I have two magazine subscriptions: The Economist and National Geographic. They both deal with specific themes: economic developments and our environment. \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, that\u2019s precisely why I pay for those two magazines. Because when I\u2019m paying for news, I don\u2019t want to be bothered with subjects that don\u2019t interest me \u2013 like you get with newspapers. And that\u2019s also why I don\u2019t pay for news. It would be a shame, because I\u2019d be spending that money for nothing. One time, I checked out how much a subscription to the Financial Times costs, but it was way too expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as social media are concerned, I mainly use WeChat. That\u2019s a Chinese platform that rolls the different functions of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram into a single package. I mostly use it to stay in touch with Chinese friends and stay up to date on Chinese news. In WeChat, you can choose what you want to read by registering for specific channels. That\u2019s ideal. It means the media don\u2019t constantly hassle you with other news.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have a television set, but that isn\u2019t a problem. I stay up to date via other channels. I never watch the news on TV either. I wouldn\u2019t even if I did have a TV set.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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