essay on newspaper advantage and disadvantage
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Newspaper is one good way to learn daily trends. Newspaper is one of the cheapest and easiest source to information. We can easily get get newspapers to our doorsteps and read them. Newspapers are handy and we can carry them anywhere. Various news – country wise, issue wise and field wise – are available in neat and separated pages for the reader’s convenience. In a newspaper we can see Weather report, Sports News, Local News, World News and much more.
Newspapers also let people/companies to post advertisements. Since newspapers are read by large mass in any country, the advertisements reach more number of people. Newspapers are available under various brands and different languages. We can pick the one that is suitable for us and easy to understand. Many newspapers also publish interesting stories, puzzles, stories and crosswords. The best thing about newspaper is that reading it on a regular basis increases our vocabulary.
Newspapers have a lot of advantages, still they have equal number of disadvantages. The main reason for it is the changing and upcoming trends. Once upon a time, the whole world relied much on Newspaper for news updates from all across the world. Now, the internet has made things easier, faster and more friendly. While you can get a newspaper of particular language, internet can provide the same news in different languages. Posting an advertisement in Newspaper is much costly. But the same can be done through internet with less or no cost. Newspaper follow the customary pattern while other sources like Television, Radio, Mobile Applications and Internet have advanced a lot.
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Those who cannot read themselves want others to read it out to them. Even in a backward country, like India, newspapers have become very popular. They are published in English, Hindi, Urdu and in all other regional dialects of the country. They are read, or listened to, with great interest by everybody. They exercise a profound influence on the minds of the people.
The most important function of newspapers is to bring us news of the world. The news is their chief interest and charm. They tell us what is happening not only in our country by in other countries of the world as well. Without newspapers, we would be like a frog in a well who knows nothing of the outside world. In a democratic country, like India, they are an important means of forming public opinion. They comment on current events and criticize or appreciate the conduct of the government. It is through them that the public comes to know of the problems that face the country and the different possible ways of solving those problems. They, thus, educate the public mind and enable the people to have their own opinion on matters of public importance. They, thus, make democracy possible. Everyone must read newspapers. This is essential for national integration. This is essential to keep down fissiparous tendencies.
Besides this, the newspapers are also an important means of communication between the government and the people. It is through the newspapers that the government places its programmes, its policies, and its achievements, before the people. The public also uses them to express its dissatisfaction with the government. They voice the grievances of the people and suggest measures of reform. Thus, by expressing the public opinion they serve as a check on the government. They are essential for the proper functioning of democracy. The press is all powerful in a democracy. A free press is essential for its success.
Newspapers are also an important means of advertisement. They help trade and commerce. If a trade or an industrialist wants to increase his business, he can do so by advertising his goods in the newspapers. They help both the employer and the employees through their ‘wants’ columns. A large number of advertisement of every kind is a clear proof of the popularity of the newspapers as a means of advertisement.
But the newspapers have some drawbacks also. They serve as a means of propaganda for the various political parties. Often views and comments are expressed through them that confuse the people and misguide them. The people fail to understand the truth. Sometimes, the news is even twisted and distorted. At other times, they stir up class hatred. They sow seeds of communal quarrels. This misuse of newspapers did much to encourage agitations in Gujrat, Bihar and other parts of the country. Often they publish wrong advertisements which deceive and cheat the people and corrupt the public taste by giving indecent pictures and advertisements.
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