It is often said that in order to fully understand what happens in the world, people should read newspaper rather than watching television news. However, I believe that television news is more effective way to understand what is going on in the world for two reasons: television news can provide information much quicker and it can be more likely intelligible than newspaper due to visual and sound effects.
To begin with, television news can give us information faster than newspaper. With the development of communication technology, people can get many information around world easily by media such as television news or newspaper. However, compared to television news, newspaper is less likely quick. For instance, when terrorists committed 911 accident in 2001, the first media that informed the accident was television news. Television news kept providing the information in real time and people were able to find out how many people were killed and how the accident happened. Had not been for television news, we might have known the news one day later with newspaper. Like this, television news is much quicker than newspaper.
In addition, television news gives information with various effects such as video and voice. Therefore the way to transport information is much more effective and understandable than that of newspaper. It is common that in a modern society, we are so busy with our lives, so people do not spare time to read newspaper. However, television news is more intelligible than newspaper so it does not make people spend much time to understand news in the world. For example, in the past, people used to get up early and spend time to read a newspaper, but in these days, we can save the time with television news while having meal. In addition, these visual and sound effects help handicapped people. Long time ago,blind people could never know information without other's help. However, with the help of television, they can also get information easily.
In conclusion, television news is good enough to understand what happens in the world because it gives information quickly and is discernable. I agree that newspaper is one of beneficial way to get news, but the best way to understand what is happening in the world is television news. |