What Has (And Hasn't) the Internet Killed?

[InformationGeek]

Here's an interesting article I found on MSN.  The Internet sure has done a lot of things.   

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36741144/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets?Gt1=43001

[Rev. Powell]

The Internet has definitely almost killed off newspapers.  It's significantly damaged paying gigs for freelance writers. 

Youtube killed "America's Funniest Home Videos."

The Internet has demolished the line between responsible journalism and amateur rumor-mongering.

It's severely damaged the music industry and is just beginning to damage the film industry. 

It probably helped the porn industry in the beginning, but is now starting to hurt it (even though there's more porn than ever, people don't pay for it anymore). 

It will never be able to kill all those things off totally, but it has made it less profitable to run, and probably permantly killed many jobs in the journalism and entertainment industries.

On the other hand, it has created the antivirus industry. 

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

Letter writing.  So much of history is based on personal correspondence that has survived... where will the archive our people chatting online be found in the ages.

Also, history in genral...electronic media is not sure storage at all. 
-Ed

[Jim H]

Letter writing.  So much of history is based on personal correspondence that has survived... where will the archive our people chatting online be found in the ages.

Also, history in genral...electronic media is not sure storage at all. 
-Ed

A lot of online correspondence is archived, both chatting programs and email.  In fact, when email started coming around, many historians thought it would be a great thing, as the telephone left far less records of what people talked about from the 1930s to early 1990s than the previous era before it.

There's also something to be said for virtually everyone owning their own printer.  Of course, how much of this material is actually saved is another question entirely.

One thing the internet hasn't killed is the belief in really stupid theories.  If anything, it's just given them a stronger base.