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6. Discuss whether you think your favorite magazines define you primarily as a consumer or as a citizen.  Do you think magazines have a responsibility to do both?  What can they do promote responsible citizenship?  My favorite magazine is ESPN the Magazine.  I think it defines me primarily as a citizen.  I feel like it does not have too many ads in it.  It also can get after some very big issues in sports.  It educates you in the whole world of sports.  I think magazines have a responsibility to define you as a citizen and  make sure you are properly educated in whatever the magazine is about.  Now they will have to think of us as consumers as well because they have to make money but that shouldn’t be what they define us as.  I think they can promote responsible citizenship by giving unbiased reports and just give all the facts.  They need to let the people decide for themselves

7.  Do you think the Internet will eventually displace magazines?  Why or why not?  I think they might but I think it will be a while before it happens.  Magazines are nice because they are very portable.  You can bring them anywhere.  People bring them on planes and you can’t be online while on a plane.  Doctor’s offices always have a bunch of magazines out for you to read also.  I doubt that they will put up a bunch of computers with the magazines up for you to read.  Plus, a lot of guys like to bring a magazine to the bathroom to read while the handle their business.  I doubt they will bring a laptop in there.  That might look like they are about to do something else.

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2. Why do you think people aren't reading U.S. daily newspapers as frequently as they once did?  Why is newspaper readership going up in other countries?  I feel it is because the U.S. is so obsessed with getting everything right now.  People go on the internet and go to websites like Yahoo and others and get the news from there rather than getting the newspaper.  Also people can just watch the news on TV.  The news comes on at a lot of different times throughout the day so people see less of a need to get the paper.  It is an expense that they really don't see that they need.  It's not like they are going to not get the news or a certain side of a story if they don't.

5. Will blogs and other Internet news services eventually replace newspapers?  Explain your response.  I think they will.  They already have started to.  When I need to get some news i always go online to get it.  I will go to places like Yahoo, USA Today, and others.  Why pay to get a paper when you can go and get the same thing for free online?  Also it is convenient.  I do not need to go out and grab a paper.  I do not have to stop what im doing when I want to go see something.  I can multitask as I bring up the website.  Also it is more up to date than the paper.  I can read about something that happened hours ago.  I do not have to wait until the morning to read about something.  I feel that most people are the same.