What are the Socio-Technical Benefits of Online News?

Online news is one of the most appreciated forms of media and suits almost all age groups and helps the society in staying updated about the recent happenings or the latest news from around the world.

It has following major benefits because of which it has gained popularity ever since its inception:

1. No Additional Costs: It has no additional cost associated with it, most of the news websites are free and do not require subscription charges for simply reading the news. 
2. Multitasking: You can access news portals and several other sites according to your convenience, interest and time. You can easily multitask, for instance, you can put a movie to download, and stream a video and access news updates in between or while the file downloads. So with inter you can access your super favorite Hindi cricket news as and when you want.
3. More Choices for News Portals: In the printed editions of the newspapers, magazines etc. you need to pay for one national daily or magazine and read only that, however, in case on online news portals, since they are free, you can access multiple sites at the time and read the popular views before forming an opinion.
4. Detailed Information: You can enjoy reading detailed information anytime of the day about any news you want to explore easily by searching the relevant keyword in the any search engine like google, yahoo etc.
5. 24/7 Updates: Internet news sites are constantly updated as the developments happen in any news story. Therefore, be it Hindi News, English news or Spanish or of any other language, it is surely quicker and more efficient.
6. Customization of News: As the concept goes, news must change daily and hence, it is customized by a team of experts who add new updates to the websites as an when they happen. It also puts masses back into mass media by inviting the opinion about the news updates. 

Hence, different viewpoints exist together on the internet and provides the opportunity to the public to talk back to the media and express themselves. This stands good for all forms of news, be it business news in Hindi, stock market updates in English or any news in any other language. This makes internet a powerful interactive medium to possess some of the essential journalistic qualities for the sake of reporting and spreading awareness.