Chapter 1 Q.2

2 months ago, I would have said television was the most effective form of mass media in the realm of both entertainment and persuasion, but now being a busy college student I see that TV is more foreign than I thought it could ever be.  The internet is the new best way to inform and entertain.  I look at my email and the homepage has all the biggest information right there whether  I want to see it or not. If I want to watch any certain part of a film, I could see it on Youtube. Its wireless, all I need is a wi-fi connection (which is all over campus) and I can get what I want. It's free! Newspapers and TV news may have more local updates, but I can search most local newspapers online now and cut out the printed paper all together. It's simple, easy and effective to only have a computer and be able to be connected to such a number of outlets in the world. 

The exception is persuasion. A computer screen does nothing for convincing me. It can entertain and inform, but nothing I see on the internet will convince me. Not everything is more believable in paper print, but newspapers and journals have a higher standard that I can better believe and trust to help me make my decisions. I am not about to live on a computer, I need all resources, but if I had to choose only one, it would certainly be the internet and the computer.