In many countries, very few young people read newspapers or follow the news on TV. What do you think are the causes of this? What solutions can you suggest? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

In many countries nowadays, the majority of young people is not interested in news from both newspapers and

TV

. What are the causes of

this

? There

is

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are

a variety of reasons.

First

of all, young people have lost their confidence

into

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in

the media. They no longer consider

newssources

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news sources

like

TV

and newspapers as serious.

This

is because the past has often shown that those sources are inexact and with many errors.

This

sometimes happens by accident, but in more cases it is done on purpose in order to fit a story or a happening into todays political view. In Germany,

for example

, 95% of the newspapers and

TV

channels are government-owned and would never write

negativ

characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

negative

about

politicans

a leader engaged in civil administration

politicians

or the government. Another reason for young people not reading or watching the news is the trend in our society towards less and less reading. Paper-based reading is really dying out nowadays. Young people no longer want to

spent

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spend

time on long articles or sitting in front of a

TV

screen in order to get informed about what is going on. They are

more casually

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more casual

and spend most time on communicating with friends on their Smartphone. The

third

reason I would like to mention is that young people are very self-

centered

being or placed in the center

centred

. They are simply not interested in news, as long as they are doing well. A way of getting young people back to the news would be to create confidence

into

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in

the media again.

This

might be hard, because lost confidence cannot be regained very easily. One example would be, that media starts to admit where they have

done

produced by a manufacturing process

made

errors.

Moreover

, they should be

carefull

exercising caution or showing care or attention

careful

to present news neutral and independent from the political view.

Then

, there might be a chance that young people start to read the news a again. With the other points mentioned above, there is not very much we can do. It is a result of todays' welfare and technology.