Few young people are interested in reading the newspapers or watching news channels. This is definitely a negative development with long lasting consequences.
Newspapers and news channels give too much importance to politics and economics and youngsters have little interest in these topics. This is the main reason that discourages them from reading or watching news. Consequently, they have little knowledge of national or international affairs. This is a negative development because young people are the present and the future of the nation. If they are unaware of the happenings around them, they will not be able to play an active role in nation building.
Another reason that discourages young people from reading news stories is the information explosion. We are now living in an age where we get bombarded with new bits of information every second. These days news breaks on social media sites like Twitter. When information is available in 140 characters, nobody is interested in reading a 2000 word news story. Unfortunately, there is a downside to this. Social media only provide news; in order to get views we have to read in depth news stories like the ones published in newspapers. Also, it is not always possible to trust information found on the internet. Anyone can post anything online and there is no reliable way to check whether what we have read is true or not.
In order to encourage young people to consume news, newspapers and news channels should make a conscious effort to present news in a way that appeals to young readers. Editors and reporters need to realize that in this fast paced world, no one has the time to read a long, winding story. Making information available in byte sizes will definitely help.
To conclude, young people are turning a blind eye to newspapers and news channels because much of the information available from these sources does not interest them or is not made available in an easy-to-digest format. Media houses need to rethink their preferences and make some drastic changes to their style of reporting to encourage more and more young people to consume news.
Few
young
people
are interested
in
reading
the
newspapers
or watching
news
channels
. This is definitely a
negative
development with
long lasting
consequences.
Newspapers and
news
channels
give too much importance to politics and economics and youngsters have
little
interest in these topics. This is the main reason that discourages them from
reading
or watching
news
.
Consequently
, they have
little
knowledge of national or international affairs. This is a
negative
development
because
young
people
are the present and the future of the nation. If they are unaware of
the happenings around them
, they will not be able to play an active role in nation building.
Another reason that discourages
young
people
from
reading
news
stories
is the
information
explosion. We are
now
living in an age where we
get
bombarded with
new
bits of
information
every second. These
days
news
breaks on social media sites like Twitter. When
information
is
available
in 140 characters, nobody
is interested
in
reading
a 2000 word
news
story
. Unfortunately, there is a downside to this. Social media
only
provide
news
; in order to
get
views we
have to
read in depth
news
stories
like the ones published in
newspapers
.
Also
, it is not always possible to trust
information
found on the internet. Anyone can post anything online and there is no reliable way to
check
whether what we have read is true or not.
In order to encourage
young
people
to consume
news
,
newspapers
and
news
channels
should
make
a conscious effort to present
news
in a way that appeals to
young
readers. Editors and reporters need to realize that in this
fast
paced world, no one has the time to read a long, winding
story
. Making
information
available
in byte sizes will definitely
help
.
To conclude
,
young
people
are turning a blind eye to
newspapers
and
news
channels
because
much of the
information
available
from these sources does not interest them or is not made
available
in an easy-to-digest format. Media
houses
need to rethink their preferences and
make
some
drastic
changes
to their style of
reporting to encourage
more and more
young
people
to consume
news
.