In this electronic age, reading has inevitably taken a back seat to watching television and gleaning information from the World Wide Web. People learn far more readily from electronic media than they do from print

When we try to compare between the electronic and printing media, both will have advantages and disadvantages of their own according to the people point of view. The newest generation will surely support the electronic media due to practical in keeping the material, interactive and the more “up-to-date”. On the other way, other people tend to prefer printing media, because it is more ‘real’ in the sense that it can be touched, easier to be read, reliable and more personal.

The first reason why people prefer electronic media rather than printing is because electronic media give more up to date information to the viewer. For example the news on TV which is broadcasted every few hours, giving new information about the world condition today. With the internet, people all over the world can read the e-newspaper to know what happening on the other side of the world. And this e-newspaper is being updated every second. If there is a fresh incident, it will be published fast. As for printing media such as newspaper, it will be difficult to update what happening around us. People have to wait the next day before they found out what actually have happened with their friends in the other country or continent.

Electronic is also more practical in use, in the case of saving files or other information. Nowadays there are a lot of e-books at the internet which we can download it and read it in the computer and safe it with a single click. It is easier also to make classification of the file, rather than we do catalogue for books. Printing media definitely will need more space to store and cost money. Such as books will need bookshelves and it will take more room. In terms of advancement in science and technology, this electronic media existence is really helpful. Journals which are written by different people in the world, sharing their newest research or invention, can be shared easily in the web. We don’t need to go to so far to borrow their journals.

Most of the people think that electronic media is more interesting and interactive. This can be proven by a lot of good books nowadays which are adapted to movie screening. People perceptions for boring literature books, are changed to become more artistic and interesting. The young generation can more appreciate the literature. But some people think that with reading a book, human can freely imagine things, it can build the inner creativity.

Although electronic media is more preferred by lots of people today, but we still can find lots of printing media. Books are still being sold in all over the world. Perhaps this era, electronic devices is still costly than buying a single printing book. Some people still prefer traditional reading method by using printing media. Books is more practical in the sense that we can bring anywhere we like, and it’s more comfortable to read by using books in every circumstances.

When comes to learning, people can use any media to enhance their knowledge, both by electronic and the printing media. Sometimes also, information that is gained from internet is not so reliable comparing that we got from the book. With lots of information which is both up to date and reliable, people surely will gain more knowledge.