Newspaper In The 17th Century

As the name suggests, newspaper is a source of news and information. Ever since the origin of newspaper began as early as 17th century, news was highly selective and often propagandistic. However, it has changed over the decades and news has become increasingly captivating. Regardless of age, news keeps us updated about the current world affairs and enhances our knowledge. In general, news is being produced through traditional press media (such as TV, radio and newspaper) for centuries. On the other hand, social media (such as Facebook and Twitter) is recently becoming the trend for people to upload news online. Therefore, most of the people are very fortunate to gain access to both media platforms or they can choose one of the media platforms

In this age of information technology, newspaper is still the most powerful tool to express ideas as well as information about the current events happening in the world. It is essential that it becomes a part and parcel of our lives. In fact, it is playing its vital role by providing mostly accurate and reliable information as well as creating a global awareness about the current world affairs among the people in the world.

First of all, news can be simply classified into three different categories based on its prominency such as headline, specific and personalized. Headline news is basically known as world or national news. It is the most conspicuous out of all as the title is always written in large and bold text, indicating the nature of the article. Otherwise, it is always taken from well known publishers such as The New York Times, CNN and Fox News. In general, people of all ages will be interested in headline news because it concerns the nation, society and our world. For instance, the recent deadly MERS virus outbreak in South Korea has posed a severe health threat to its local citizens. Based on Channel NewsAsia article

It is mainly targeted towards the local communities within the society. For instance, the recent social riots in Maryland, which is known as Baltimore protests has arised against the U.S police for homicide. Eventually, the African American resident who is arrested was declared dead due to sustained injuries while in police custody. Apparently, he was in good health at the time of his arrest. Therefore, it was believed to be a sign of racism so it causes the residents of Baltimore to rage and protest. As such, specific news is published to allow the people in the community to be aware that any form of biasedness towards a particular race or religion is unacceptable as it will cause unnecessary civil unrest. It is also to serve as a reminder that the government will impose legal charges if such uncivilized actions are to be repeated