The newspapers have their own importance and advantages or Disadvantages. In modern world of times, newspapers are considered to be the givers of information, news and views. Newspapers have many advantages or Disadvantages. They bring to us news from all the corners of the world. Someone has rightly remarked that modern world is a world of press and morning newspapers.
Newspapers in the modern world, reflect public opinion. Newspapers are the barometers of public opinion. They contain a great deal of useful information. The public remains in touch with the leading ideas in the country as well as of the world. Through newspapers. we get news-national as well as international. Social. political, economic scientific, literary and religious events are reported by the newspapers.
They help in creating among the readers the spirit of goodwill and mutual understanding for other nations of the world. Newspapers are good means of publicity and propaganda. In the advertisement columns, one can know about many things. Thus, by reading newspapers one can know many things.
Some newspapers give news regarding murder. ex crime, news can have a little bad effect upon the readers. But as compared with the merits of newspapers these disadvantages are far less than the advantages.
Now-a-days newspaper preaches a special ideology, while the real aim of a news paper should be to give impartial coverage of news, some of the newspaper indulge include in propagating their own ideological propaganda. The propaganda harms the real purpose of a newspaper.
Newspaper play a great role in mobilising public opinion on various national issues. These newspapers also help in education and forming public opinion. They make us realize our duties and make us aware of our responsibilities. They give their own honest, just and right opinion on various great problems of the country. Thus, they lead the masses on the right path.
From the point of view of education, they have a great value, newspaper can publish the latest reports regarding the researches made, discoveries done and inventions made in the various field. The ideas and thoughts of world-renowned thinkers, writers, poets. scientists, reformers, philosophers and politicians are known to us through newspapers. Thus, newspapers are the important limbs of modern society.
They encourage commerce and trade. They reflect the national will. They mirror the right sentiments. May, newspapers have really great advantages in this world of publicity.
