It is undeniable that the overwhelming majority of people from remote areas to megacities have used radio. While it has some advantages, I believe that there are media that may steal its future away.
Radio has its own advantages. With radio, we can listen to news broadcasts about events as they happen, and a key benefit of radio is that we can listen to it while doing other activities, such as driving or gardening.
However, television and the Internet have been posing an explicit threat to radio’s popularity. There is no room for doubt that they are much more effective media than radio in some ways. Firstly, television, when compared to radio, can combine visual elements along with sound effects, bringing us closer to reality than ever before. For example, we are able to watch sport events and feel partially the stadium atmosphere or we can see the body language of a politician who is being interviewed. In addition to television, the Internet allows us to access our own choices of news, information, and entertainment, whereas radio and television broadcasts is the same for everyone. Rather than just listening to radio or watching television, youngsters nowadays are likely to interact instantly with their friends around the world via Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms.
In conclusion, it seems to me that radio is neither as interesting as television and as personal and social as the Internet. Radio has to be transformed into a new kind of medium, otherwise whether radio could maintain its status in not-too-distant future remains to be seen.
It is undeniable that the overwhelming majority of
people
from remote areas to
megacities
have
used
radio
. While it has
some
advantages, I believe that there are media that may steal its future away.
Radio has its
own
advantages. With
radio
, we can listen to news broadcasts about
events
as they happen, and a key benefit of
radio
is that we can listen to it while doing other activities, such as driving or gardening.
However
,
television
and the Internet have been posing an explicit threat to
radio’s
popularity. There is no room for doubt that they are much more effective media than
radio
in
some
ways.
Firstly
,
television
, when compared to
radio
, can combine visual elements along with sound effects, bringing us closer to reality than ever
before
.
For example
, we are able to
watch
sport
events
and feel
partially
the stadium
atmosphere or
we can
see
the body language of a politician who is
being interviewed
.
In addition
to
television
, the Internet
allows
us to access our
own
choices of news, information, and entertainment, whereas
radio
and
television
broadcasts is the same for everyone.
Rather
than
just
listening to
radio
or watching
television
, youngsters nowadays are likely to interact
instantly
with their friends around the world via Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms.
In conclusion
, it seems to me that
radio
is neither as interesting as
television
and as personal and social as the Internet.
Radio
has to
be transformed
into a new kind of medium,
otherwise
whether
radio
could maintain its status in not-too-distant future remains to be
seen
.