The E-Reader as Replacement for the Print Newspaper

Abstract

This study examines the effects of a major metropolitan newspaper's withdrawal from a city and whether an e-reader pre-loaded with a digital subscription to the newspaper would act as a replacement. In-depth interviews with 20 former readers of the newspaper found the device, the Kindle DX, to be generally liked for its readability but a poor substitute for the published version of the newspaper.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]