The Paradigm Shift of Offline to Online
The introduction of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s changed the world of content forever. No longer did people have to search endlessly through mountains of reference materials for an answer to a question or to gain information on a particular topic. Suddenly, the data they needed was right at their fingertips. The past decade has witnessed an undeniable shift from paper pages to web pages. Even some traditional offline mediums, such as novels, have become integrated with new technology. While the offline world may seem to slowly be giving way to the online world, differences do still exist in what readers desire in offline and online content. While the information available online is staggering, even in our technological age, we cannot forget to mention the fact that not everyone on this day is ready to sit down at a computer screen and read for any great deal of time. Curling up in front of the fire on a cold day with a book in hand can never be replaced by sitting in a cold
