Seminar : PRINT MEDIA-NEWS PAPER EDUCATIONAL IMPORTANTS

PRINT MEDIA-NEWS PAPER EDUCATIONAL IMPORTANTS

 

      The term medium (the singular form of media) is defined as "one of the means or channel of general communication, information or entertainment in society as newspaper, radio or television etc". Print media is one of the oldest and basic forms of mass communication. It includes newspaper, weeklies, magazines, monthlies and other forms of printed journals.

      Newspapers bring to our student’s real life situations and can be easily used. Newspaper-based activities engage students in interesting and enjoyable activities and they also encourage them to further reading. From the days of wooden block printing, newspapers have undergone a sea change. Technological revolution has modernized the print media. Recently almost all newspapers have internet editions. These are called web newspapers. One advantage of internet papers is that they are available worldwide. Newspaper is one of the most important and effective print media of mass communication. Its valuable services to the community like information, education, entertainment, persuasion, cultural transmission, record facility etc. have made it an inevitable medium for the contemporary world.

 

Role of Newspaper in Education

• Sharpens students' thinking skills. Newspapers are an important source of intellectual stimulation that in the classroom promotes critical thinking. 
• Increases students' interest and motivation by providing study materials relevant to their lives
• Prepares students for active citizenship in their democracy. Transforms students into interested, active citizens. 
• Heightens teachers' interest in new teaching techniques. Newspaper can be used as supplementary method for education. Newspapers provide interdisciplinary curriculum that students make connections between different fields, subjects, topics, issues, and events. 
• Involves schools in the lives of the communities they serve. Enhances the quality of citizen participation in schools and local government through better mutual understanding among journalists, educators, students, and parents
• Recognizes newspapers as the main source of continuing education for members of the community no longer in the classroom 
• Newspapers are a tool for educational and personal empowerment. Students become more independent and increase their active learning, by finding, evaluating, and communicating information independently. 
• Students get global information. Newspaper moves the reader beyond localism and regionalism to a greater sense of international awareness. 
• Newspapers help students anticipate trends and understand rapidly changing events. Students can read the enormous array of sources providing information on politics, international affairs, business, health, science, arts, entertainment, travel, and sports.
• Newspapers help students develop reading skills and vocabulary. 
• Preserves and transmit our culture also. Gives information about past.

 

Advantages of Newspaper

• Economical and easily available 
• Adaptable to different learning environment 
• Provides diverse and up to date knowledge 
• Provides knowledge about society, democracy, nation and the whole world
• Helps in developing students' vocabulary, reading skills and language: 
• Makes life long education possible
• Provides different views of different people 
• Much easier and enjoyable to read in print 
• They are a reliable and cheap source of information.
• They can be read wherever you go. It can help in proper usage of leisure time. 
• Gives a relatively permanent source of information

 

Disadvantage of Newspaper

• One way communication 
• No active learner participation 
• No development of psychomotor skills 
• Some newspapers provide biased information. There are many people who just believe these views and as a result they reduce the ability of the readers to analyse the situation by themselves. 
• Today newspaper reading is decreasing. So can be wastage of money and paper. 
• Many newspapers can be politically inclined or controlled by the government in some countries and these newspapers just transmit the good things and hide the adverse aspects. 
• Newspapers are becoming more and more commercial based. They have started to give more and more space to the advertisements which is not the primary purpose of a newspaper.

 
Finally, in today's fast world, the news is transmitted using many other faster mediums than newspapers like internet and every one with a camera in their cell phone is a potential reporter for these sources. On the other hand, newspaper involves a time lag between the event and its publishing.