Friday, 15 January 2016

Digital Vs. Print: Is print dead?

Many people working within the marketing and print industry will have heard quite regularly that print design and media is dead. Although it is no lie that newspaper and physical magazines are dropping in revenue the demand for them is still there. The digital era is most defiantly among us and the incline of people who are using digital methods of information is now higher than ever. This is expected in this day and age with technology developing and becoming more prominent.

Whether or not is actually dies out completely, the physical products will. So this is things like newspapers, books, magazines etc. These things mentioned will not be the most profitable means of delivering information, instead people will look for more high-tech ways of interacting with media. This is not to say print is bad. It just means that digital is better. It has many advantages and will therefore reign above print. 

Some advantages of Digital include:

-New audiences
-Social Media platforms
-Global distribution
-Lower production cost

-Multi-platform