Jarvis and Sullivan

When I read Sullivan’s article side by side with Jarvis’s article about the press sphere, I found many striking similarities in their views on how the news is changing. Both agree that the age of the newspaper is nearing its end, and it shows. Many newspaper companies are suffering from terrible losses on the stock market, they simply cannot compete with news that is released on the internet. It is too fast, and much shorter than articles in the paper. I found that both men agree on the fact that the reader is slowly becoming the editor. Readers can comment on material posted on the internet, giving criticism or telling the author how they feel about the subject.
When you think about it, the readers of the past can actually become the writers of today with the help of the internet. A person can write how they feel about a historical event or anything that is newsworthy. One can read information straight from their peers instead of seeing it in a newspaper first. In the past you could still get the news from a friend, however they read about nit in a newspaper and it was past orally for the most part, whereas today it can be done in a blog, Facebook status, etc. I really could not find any differences in opinion, as I feel that Jarvis’s article had no opinion to it whatsoever, it was just written to inform people about the change in the way the press works. Saying that, I feel that Sullivan is much more passionate about the new form than Jarvis, who simply doesn’t seem to care either way.