According to the New York Times news article, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/business/media/pew-media-study-shows-reliance-on-many-outlets.html , the thought that local television news channels are gaining more popularity than other media is only “narrowly true.”
One cannot discount the fact that nowadays people are never satisfied with just one source of information, especially in the growing generation. If one is interested in a particular news story, they will find out more about it on the internet in places such as Twitter, blogs, and online newspapers. The public will find the news they are interested about because there are so many different niche websites. The Pew study reiterates this by saying, according to surveys, that the local news channel is the main source of information for three topics—weather, traffic, and breaking news—while the internet and newspapers are the main source of information for eleven other topics. People will not be satisfied with the local news station alone. They have other cravings to feed.
There is talk about local newspapers becoming nonexistent. I do not believe this will happen. It is rare for a person to make it on television. But sports, plays, and other local activities and events are often printed in newspapers. Families are going to continue to subscribe to newspapers to have a physical representation of the event their family or neighbor was involved in. Local newspapers bring out news on a more personal level.
Local news channels and local newspapers are also not going to go extinct. People enjoy and are more concerned with issues that are closer to home. They will want to stay connected on a local level, because it affects them every day. Even the younger generation, who has turned to the internet for most of their news, will continue the tradition of getting news from local television and printed news as they get older. When they have a family of their own, they will want to be involved in their families’ lives.
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