NEWSPAPER

Newspaper

Newspaper

Question 1

The role of newspaper in a democratic society is to report the truth, with minimal harm, and no outside interest. It should also be held accountable to its readers. Journalists are not filling this role by reporting half-truths that send people into a panic. Those in the media will apologize for spelling and grammatical errors, but no one apologized for these outrageous hypes. The media continues to go unchecked, still spreading fear and propaganda without remorse. Perhaps these are all innocent mistakes, but that doesn't change what happened. I do not think issues are exaggerated on purpose. I do think the media needs to man up their mistakes. If an issue was not a threat as previously thought, apologize. Next time, be careful how you word or place your article.

Newspapers from the major means of vehicle of these communication systems which have helped the society change for better, over the years. The Society during the course of its evolution all over the world has involved people in large numbers irrespective of their proximity to the centre of events. The people at the same time could actively participate and bring about the changes in society and thereby in their life styles by responding to the events in proper time.

This is largely attributable to the credit of media especially the newspapers since they are effective, economically viable and readily available to the large section of people. The mankind has a unique want of responding to the hardships of their breather, crossing the national, linguistic, ethnic and socio-economic barriers in times of crises and calamities. The newspapers have always played a significant role in arousing the awareness amongst the people to such necessities. In a democratic set up where freedom of speech is a vanguard of parliamentary institutions, the newspapers have almost single handedly defended the rights of the citizens when the same were threatened and the events have shown that the newspapers were instrumental in bringing the downfall of governments who have systematically defied the democratic institutions.

Question 2

In previous years, if you wanted to read about the news, then you have to go and buy some newspapers. This is definitely true because you had to have a daily or monthly subscription if you want to learn about the latest topics in the industry. But with the rise of the internet age, things have definitely changed. Nowadays, more and more people are using the internet if they ...