Essay on Newspaper
Preface -
There have always been two vices of curiosity and curiosity in the human mind, due to which he always wishes to know others and events around him. The newspaper fulfills all those desires, it suits the wishes of people of every class.
Business people read newspapers every day to take stock of the situation of the foreign market of the country. Students are studying abroad, to read events and education related articles, sociologists read newspapers for information about new systems of society, for literary works going on in new era and for political information.
Today, if you want to take stock of the social, political and economic situation of any country, then reading the newspaper there will be enough. The newspaper has closed the whole world like a fist in it, from the information of the incident of a small part of the country to the printing of foreign events daily, which gives information about all the activities going on in the world.
That is why the newspaper is called the fourth pillar of the economy of any country because it establishes communication between the government and the public.
History of newspaper -
The name of the newspaper was not even till 3 century ago, at that time, people used to send messages through the communicator, pigeon to convey information to each other. But it used to take several days or sometimes months to reach the information, till then new information would come.
The newspaper was born on the receipt of quick information, the newspaper was born in the 16th century in the city of Basin, Italy, after which its expansion grew progressively. Gradually, people started believing its usefulness and it started expanding in other countries as well.
In the early 17th century, it started to be used in England as well, after this, as the newspapers got wings, the citizens of each country liked to read the newspaper, then its fame and fame spread.
India was a poor and slave country, so it took time for newspapers to come here but in the 18th century it was exposed by the British even in India because the British had no means to deliver information in a country like India.
In view of the fame of newspapers in India, Christian priests took out a letter called "News Mirrors" to propagate their religion. To give a befitting reply, the founder of Brahmo Samaj, Raja Rammohan Roy, successfully edited a newspaper called "Kaumudi".
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar edited a newspaper called "Prabhat", at that time it became very popular in the newspaper. Gradually the newspaper expanded and it was edited in all regional languages.
Development of typography
The development of printing arts in India is the story of the development of newspapers. As new new machines for printing newspapers developed in India, the number of newspapers has also increased rapidly. Currently, local newspapers of all cities are being published in the local language, which shows its popularity and plurality.
Many people are required to do a newspaper business, first of all it requires a newspaper printing machine, machine man, computer, computer operator, paper, editor and reporter. It is also a means of employment for many people.
Benefits of newspapers -
Newspapers have a lot of direct and indirect use in human life.The mention of their usefulness is divided on the basis of their consumption, which is as follows -
(1) Source of daily information - Every day we get information about political, social, economic, sports entertainment, society, employment, science, weather, market and other events of the country and abroad.
Also, newspapers and people of all categories can read because it is cheap and accessible, it can be taken anywhere and can be read.
(2) Business class - The merchant class gets a lot of benefit from the newspaper because from the newspaper they first get to know the daily situation of the country and abroad and the local market. And through the newspapers, any merchant can advertise his particular item, which increases his business.
Along with this, the trader gets information about the new item coming in the market and also knows about the technology so that the trader can prepare for the future in advance.
(3) Youth category - The newspaper is very valuable for the youth as it gives them complete information as well as the recruitment of government and non-government jobs.
Due to which the youth gets jobs by preparing them. At present, the syllabus and experts' opinion is also being given in the newspapers to help the youth, which helps the youth in getting jobs.
(4) Students and teachers - For students and teachers, the newspaper is a repository of information, here they get new information every day. Which the teacher reads and tells the students, the students have also taken full care of the activities going on in the country.
Presently, separate informative articles are being published for the students in the newspapers, due to which the students get a high standard of education, in which opinions of foreign and domestic teachers are also printed. Students are already getting information about new changes coming in the field of education.
(5) Farmer class - For the farmers, the newspaper is no less than a boon because they get the information of the weather from which they are able to plant their crops on time as well as the experts on how to increase the crop yield. Is published from time to time by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The farmers also get to know from the newspaper about the prices of the crops going on in the market and the government schemes so that the farmer class is able to earn more profit than before.
(6) For the common people - people of the general category have a lot of curiosity. They like to keep knowledge of all the areas, so the newspaper fits their wishes, this makes them politic, economic, literary and other small taunting events. Information that simplifies their routine.
(7) For the housewives and the elderly - In the present time, the newspapers are very useful for the summer, because the method of making new recipes is published in them, as well as information about the right and wrong items available in the market is also available. Summer gets a lot of benefits.
It has become difficult for the elderly to find time in the runaway life of the present, so elderly people read newspapers to spend their time, this also consumes their time and they get new information.
(8) Direct and indirect employment - Newspapers provide employment directly and indirectly. Newspapers are printed in large amounts, so more people are needed to publish these, which directly gives employment to people. is.
Indirectly the use of newspaper is of one day only, so after one day it is of no use, therefore it is sold in the trash which provides employment to the trash and also gets some money to the seller.
(9) Source of communication between the government and the public- The government uses newspapers to convey information about its plans and policies and to bring the voice of the public to the government, newspaper reporters publish their voice in newspapers.
Which makes communication between the people and the government and the government does not face any problem in implementing new policies and schemes.
Losses from newspapers -
While newspapers help us all round, many times both the public interest and the national interest have had to bear their fatal consequences. Sometimes big riots happen in the country due to misinformation being published in newspapers.
People lose faith in the government. Many times, so many riots occur due to misinformation that curfew remains for many months. Sometimes some selfish people get their inferior feelings published in a newspaper for a particular caste, due to which inferiority is spread throughout the society.
Due to which an atmosphere of anarchy is created in the whole nation and the pace of development in the country slows down. One nation becomes an enemy of another nation. In the Second World War, some similar malicious and hateful thoughts were spread through newspapers which gave impetus to the World War.
From the point of view, sometimes newspapers push the country into the trough for their small selfishness. Pornographic material and such pictures are used in newspapers which are not good for the society in any way, it has a bad effect on every person of the society.
Types of newspapers
There are types of newspapers, it depends on the time of their publication, some are published daily, some are published semi-weekly, weekly, semi-monthly, monthly.
There is also a form of newspapers which can be published on a particular subject such as political, social, science, economic development, literary trade etc.
Major newspapers of India -
There are many types of newspapers published in our India country but some of them are the main ones which everyone likes to read. The names are - The Times of India, Hindustan Time, The Economics Times, The Hindu, Dainik Bhaskar, Amar Ujala, Lokmat, Dainik Jagran, Rajasthan Patrika, Punjab Kesari, Indian Express etc. are the leading newspapers.
Epilogue -
Today, newspapers have a lot of support in the economy of every independent nation. The people have full right to criticize the government they have elected and raise their voice. Every person can express his ideas freely in front of the government.
All this has been done through newspapers because through these we can raise our voice and reach other people and the government. Newspapers should also publish news independently, if any kind of ban is imposed on them, then it will be like strangling a nation.