Newspapers have come to depend on overly-explicit articles and pictures in order to guarantee sales

by Cristina Nuta - Newspapers, in one form or another, have been in existence for centuries, their purpose being to spread news. Public radio and television services, on the other hand, have only been available in the UK since 1922 and 1932 respectively, and were introduced with the intention of informing, educating and entertaining. While radio seems to have largely maintained its standards,...

Newspapers in Great Britain

by Monique Barb - The first publications are the invention of the 18th century, being called "daily". They appeared thank to the restless activity of Richard Steele (1672-1729), the founder of "The Tattler" magazine and Joseph Addison (1672-1719), the founder of "The Spectator". Besides those publications appeardaily newspapers. Nowadays, there are eleven British daily-newspapers....

Newspapers in Romania

by Herminne Tonita - Newspapers represent one of the best-know forms of mass-media, together with magazines, television, radio or the internet. The press is considered to be the fourth power in the state, the eyes and ears of society, the thing that keeps us in the news. Most newspapers editors say that their job is to "keep the public informed". But the most important issue is to inform...

Mass Media Have Both Harmful and Beneficial Effects

by Herminne Tonita - The empire of mass media has conquered almost all territories: maybe there are a few countries left in Africa that don't know about TV or newspapers, but the number of people who don't consider mass media to be one of the things they can't live without is quite insignificant. Having such an influence on our lives, it has both harmful and beneficial effects. Beneficial...

Reading Is To the Mind What Exercise Is To the Body

by Monique Barb - We can get information by TV, by reading newspapers, magazines, books. We start reading since an early age. We first read stories for kids, fairy tales that are good examples in order to decide what is good and wrong. Somehow books have educated us since our childhood. As we grow up we keep on reading. Every book has to be read at a certain age. This is the way it can...