In many countries, very few young people read
newspapers or follow the news on TV. What do you think are the causes of this?
What solutions can you suggest?
Reading newspapers and watching news on television keep us
up to date with the daily events occurring worldwide. But, there has been a
decline in the younger generation watching or reading the news.
There are a number of reasons for this phenomenon. Firstly,
these days there are only negative news. For example, mass killings due to
terrorist attack, natural disasters causing deaths and so on. This develops
negativity among people and hence they prefer not to read about them. Secondly,
there has been a significant rise in the number of advertisements appearing on
the television in between the news. Adverts are an important means of revenue
to news channels. But, they reduce the interest of people watching news as they have to spend more time to watch
only a part of the news. In addition,
the newspapers are also filled with pages full of adverts that make purchasing
it unworthy. Furthermore, same news is forecasted several times a day or
sometimes over a few days, which makes it monotonous and people lose interest
in watching it.
Nevertheless, knowing about incidents happening around us is
imperative in today’s world. News is the only source of information about new
inventions, research and development happening around the world. The news editors should ensure equal importance is
given to these kind of news rather than focusing on news that are only negative.
Moreover, there should a check on the number of adverts shown in between the
news. The newspapers should dedicate only a page or two for advertisements
while the rest should be more informative.
To sum up, the younger generation should be encouraged to
watch and read news as this will add to their general knowledge as well as keep
them up to date. I believe if people responsible for delivering news implement
ways that will make it worth watching rather than monotonous, the younger
generation will certainly take interest in it.
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