Internet effects on Media

The internet has a major effect on media today. Before the big internet boom and people always being connected, we had to rely on radio, tv, newspapers, magazines and albums.  Now everyone of these things can be done online.  Do you  want to read the news?  Sure head over to CNN.com and you will never have to turn your TV on to see what is happening in the world. Want to hear the new music from a particular artist?  Head over to amazon or the iTunes store and you have a slew of new artists to choose from. Internet has definitely hurt the music industry especially because of pirating.  People are finding ways around purchasing a song or album and they are able to get these for free.  They think that it isn’t hurting anyone but it hurts the artists.  The hard work an artist puts into an album is just stripped away and they don’t see the payday they deserver because of some cheapskate stealing their music. I also feel that the internet has hurt the newspaper and magazine industry.  Today, anyone with a  PC and a microphone and camera can become a newscaster.  On top of that, look how easy it would be to create a fake story and post it all over the internet for the world to see.  And all of this can be done from someone’s home and it could even be a kid.  While the internet has definitely expanded to be a useful tool, it can also cause problems for some people.