Print and electronic media can and should coexist. 
   Reading has become such a chore. 
   With schoolbooks thick enough to serve as a child booster seat and heavy enough to prop open a door, who has time to sit down on a nice comfy couch and enjoy a good piece of literature? Crashing in front of the TV or zoning out to a good CD seems so much more pleasing. 
   We live in an electronic world. America is quickly moving from a place where the first thing people did in the morning was read the newspaper to a place where the first thing they do is push the power button on the remote. 
   It is so much harder to read. Reading requires more effort and concentration. And what about holding the paper or book and flipping the damn pages? 
   A study released by the National Endowment for the Arts suggests a divide has formed between Americans who read for pleasure and those who don't. The report found a widespread drop in reading for pleasure. 
   NEA Chairman and poet Dana Gioia said in an Associated Press interview that he thinks the issue requires national conversation. 
   "I think what we're seeing is an enormous cultural shift from print media to electronic media, and the unintended consequences of the shift." 
   Reading may require more energy than zoning out in front of the TV but its rewards are worth the effort. A good newspaper article is often more in-depth and contains more knowledge than any 80-second newscast. 
   But sometimes it is good to get the quick glimpse of the world that the TV offers and live news can get you the news faster than any newspaper could possibly imagine. 
   Problems occur when TV completely replaces reading in a person's life.
The NEA study also found that people who read for pleasure are many times more likely to visit museums, attend musical performances, volunteer and attend sporting events. 
   An awesome thing about reading is that a person can do it on his or her own time. A book or newspaper is always there whereas a TV program or newscast is hit or miss. Also with books, if a person misses something he or she can go back and read it again. 
   The NEA study isn't going to tell us that TV is bad and people should throw it out the window. It is just a reminder that there needs to be a variety of media and events in life. People should not be apathetic, they should take the extra effort to go out and experience life. This will make tham more mature and experienced.

NOT LONG ago, a book about managing time written by a Japanese author ranked best seller for months. The book was about how to manage time. It suggested methods to make good use of morning time. As a result, morning became the busiest time of day during a certain period. This phenomenon shows that making an effective usage of time became an important issue for modern people. Along with the present state, the efficient aspect of equipments were emphasized.

   Especially in Korean society, where the word "Hurry! Hurry!" is overused, the use of computers is enormous. People habitually start their days by surfing through the internet for news or something else that interests them. Who wouldn't? It's fast. It's convenient. Living in a rapidly changing society, you do not have the time to sit down and enjoy reading a book. However, if you check on the same subject on the internet, even the most detailed contents will just pop up to your computer screen. Thus, comparing to books, the internet can be a real time savor. Additionally, you can meet many opinions on the same time and moreover, bring up your own opinions. Unlike books, your thoughts can effect the subject you are involved in. Through these kind of interactions you can eventually be in a higher position than that of a normal reader.

   However, there are also demerits. You can not be sure if the facts you had received through the internet are accurate. This is because the internet is an open space that many people can upload things without distinction. For the same reason it lacks quality and depth of the contents. Meanwhile, books fulfill these kinds of defects. You can find substantial informations that can not be found in the internet and study them more deeply. There is no need to worry if the contents are correct since it verified several times before published. While reading a book in a warm compfy chair, you can relax yourself and enjoy the calmness. This means more than just cramming informations into your head and go away.

   Books and electronic medias. It seems hard to put them together in our daily lives. However, as the environment surrounding us grows technically complicated, it is obvious that we ought to be in charge of our tools and make them more useful. Knowing when to use what and making good use out of it, the dilemma between these two objects will no longer be a tough subject.