Both newspaper journalists and postal workers have been negatively affected by:

Both newspaper journalists and postal workers have been negatively affected by:

a. decreasing literacy rates which has led to a decrease in reading habits.

b. outsourcing of cheaper labor from developing countries.

c. the advent of the internet and electronic communication.

d. government budget cuts causing a loss of jobs in these industries.

Answer: c. the advent of the internet and electronic communication.

Presenting what has occurred due to the breakthrough of the internet and electronic communication, vivid changes have occurred regarding the delivery of information or message delivery and newspaper journalists as well as the postal employees. To media practitioners, internet sources of news, blog sites, Facebook among others have become preferred tools of data gathering compared to newspaper which is more formal, formal and paid for. This has seen the circulation of papers decrease, pulling down the revenues from advertisement and subscription and consequently cutting down jobs in the print media industry. Likewise, post offices read a significant shift in the work paradigm as is evidenced by cases of emails, messaging as well as online bill payment where everyone is turning to more formal modes of communication rather than conventional mails. Due to the revolutionary advancement and accessibility of digital technology in communication, the physical mail or parcels, which in the past used to take days or sometimes weeks to reach the intended recipient, have considerably diminished the usage and subsequently the size of post services.