Week 12 Journal

What is the relationship between print and digital media? Will one medium replace the other medium? And what does this mean for everyday writing?
 Print and digital media are related in the fact that they are the only two forms of media coverage and are essential to the day-to-day lives that humans have created for themselves. As technology advances over the span of time, digital media has become more and more prominent in every day life, becoming almost a necessity for some. Many courses are turning to online textbooks and homework sites as opposed to the traditional hard paper copies just as much of the news coverage that we consume today is primarily viewed through a digital medium. The reason for this is of course to save money and resources, and in turn to help preserve the environment, to list a few. However, despite this ongoing trend of the transition from print to digital media, I strongly believe that both forms will remain in everyday use for generations to come. A great deal of the individuals from our generation still feel more comfortable with and prefer using print text because essentially that is what they grew up with and what their parents grew up with as well. For example, even with the invention of tablets and Kindles and other digital means of reading books, I am still exposed to a great deal of people who choose to carry books and hard copies instead. I am one of those people. 
While digital media serves its purpose economically and spatially due to its great storing capacity, I feel there will always be a need for print media, as well. Personally, I believe that text in print, though sometimes less easily accessible, is easier to remember and retain, for whatever reason. In terms of everyday writing, this means that because there is such a passionate divide in the preference of these two diverse forms of media, both will persist and serve their own purpose. Digital media these days is inevitable and becomes more and more a part of the public's everyday lives through social networking sites, online textbooks, and so on. But at the same time print media has kept a strong hold as well through those individuals who still prefer books, magazines and newspapers, for example. Everyday writing is defined by each individual separately and which forms of media they choose to utilize the most. For some people, magazines are not so everyday because they would rather view them online, and vise-versa. For this reason  believe that neither form will be disappearing any time soon due to the difference in media preferences.