In the modern era, people’s tendency towards immigrating to different countries
has increased because of different purposes like embarking on a new academic or
occupational life. One of the most urgent problems for prospective immigrants is how
they can get familiar with different countries and, accordingly, choose their destination.
In this regard, people’s opinions are divided as to whether newspapers and magazines are the best way to learn about different aspects of a foreign country or not. Despite the fact that newspapers and magazines can provide people with beneficial insights about a country, it is my firm conviction that reading local newspapers and magazines is not the best feasible option. To support this, there are several reasons, two of which are going to be aptly explored in the following.
First and foremost, the reason why it is not a prudent course of action for people
to use newspapers and magazines as their best source to get to know a country lies in the fact that they do not provide people with accurate news or of pieces of information. Most of reporters are not unbiased enough to pay painstaking attention to the completeness, accuracy, and impartiality of the news due their inclination towards a specific party. As a result, they may eliminate some parts of the news, exaggerate some details, and in some cases, fabricate some stories in favor of the party. According to statistics, more than seventy percent of people in Islamic Republic of Iran, flatly reject that the newspapers reflect the real circumstances of the society. On the contrary, they believe that the newspapers and magazines accentuate the pieces of information which are in favor of the Iranian Government. Moreover, magazines and newspapers need money to stay in business so they may disregard the importance of adhering to moral standards and may change the contents to escalate the number of readers for economic interests Another worthwhile reason to be mentioned is that travelling to a foreign country, rather than reading some pieces of information, is said to be the best way to learn a lot of intricate details about that country. Generally speaking, in order to find the best way to work out a purpose, people should explore different ways and adopt on the ones which seem more sensible. According to sociologists, the best way to learn about a subject, no matter what it is, is by gaining firsthand experience and information. However, in newspapers and magazines the publishers tell the stories using their own angles and perspectives, which is second hand experience and cannot be beneficial as much. Take my personal experience as a compelling example, a couple of years ago I had made up my mind to immigrate to Germany to pursue my studies. According to magazines and newspapers, German people seemed very inhospitable, but I took a short trip to Germany to get to know the country better, and that was enough for me to understand that I was totally wrong about the Germans’ personality traits. Had I not gained firsthand experience, I would have chosen another country to pursue my studies in.
In summary of what has been illustrated and discussed in detail, it is a foregone
conclusion that newspapers and magazines are not the best possible option for leaning
about a country. The newspapers inaccuracy, coupled with the importance of one’s
firsthand experience, is the reason which strengthens my claim
In the modern era,
people’s
tendency towards immigrating to
different
countries
has increased
because
of
different
purposes like embarking on a
new
academic or
occupational life. One of the most urgent problems for prospective immigrants is how
they can
get
familiar with
different
countries
and,
accordingly
, choose their destination.
In this regard,
people’s
opinions
are divided
as to whether
newspapers
and
magazines
are the
best
way to learn about
different
aspects of a foreign
country
or not. Despite the fact that
newspapers
and
magazines
can provide
people
with beneficial insights about a
country
, it is my firm conviction that reading local
newspapers
and
magazines
is not the
best
feasible option. To support this, there are several
reasons
, two of which are going to be
aptly
explored in the following.
First
and foremost, the
reason
why it is not a prudent course of action for
people
to
use
newspapers
and
magazines
as their
best
source to
get
to know a
country
lies in the fact that they do not provide
people
with accurate
news
or of pieces of
information
.
Most of reporters
are not unbiased
enough
to pay painstaking attention to the completeness, accuracy, and impartiality of the
news
due their inclination towards a specific party.
As a result
, they may eliminate
some
parts of the
news
, exaggerate
some
details
, and in
some
cases, fabricate
some
stories in favor of the party. According to statistics, more than seventy percent of
people
in Islamic Republic of Iran,
flatly
reject that the
newspapers
reflect the real circumstances of the society.
On the contrary
, they believe that the
newspapers
and
magazines
accentuate the pieces of
information
which are in favor of the Iranian
Government
.
Moreover
,
magazines
and
newspapers
need money to stay in business
so
they may disregard the importance of adhering to moral standards and may
change
the contents to escalate the number of readers for economic interests Another worthwhile
reason
to
be mentioned
is that travelling to a foreign
country
,
rather
than reading
some
pieces of
information
,
is said
to be the
best
way to learn
a lot of
intricate
details
about that
country
.
Generally
speaking, in order to find the
best
way to work out a purpose,
people
should explore
different
ways and adopt on the ones which seem more sensible. According to sociologists, the
best
way to learn about a subject, no matter what it is, is by gaining firsthand
experience
and
information
.
However
, in
newspapers
and
magazines
the publishers
tell
the stories using their
own
angles and perspectives, which is second hand
experience
and cannot be beneficial as much. Take my personal
experience
as a compelling example, a couple of years ago I had made up my mind to immigrate to Germany to pursue my studies. According to
magazines
and
newspapers
, German
people
seemed
very
inhospitable,
but
I took a short trip to Germany to
get
to know the
country
better, and that was
enough
for me to understand that I was
totally
wrong
about the Germans’ personality traits. Had I not gained firsthand
experience
, I would have chosen another
country
to pursue my studies in.
In summary of what has
been illustrated
and discussed in detail, it is a foregone
conclusion that
newspapers
and
magazines
are not the
best
possible option for leaning
about a
country
. The
newspapers
inaccuracy, coupled with the importance of one’s
firsthand
experience
, is the
reason
which strengthens my
claim