In many countries, very few young people read newspapers or follow the news on TV. What do you think are the causes of this?

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For a really long time, for what it feels like an eternity at

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point, Newspapers and

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has ruled as a primary source of news. People relied on these mediums to stay abreast of

latest happenings

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the latest happenings

in and around the world.

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Initially it

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Initially, it

was

newspaper

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only and

then

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came along the

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. Even after the invention of

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newspaper

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still had a lot of patronage. I still recall my father waiting by the gate to collect his morning dose of news. Reading

newspaper

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with the morning tea was quite an affair in my household. Fast forward, everything changed with the invention of

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internet

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the internet

Internet

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, rightly so, took the traditionally straightforward equation of

newspaper

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and

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by storm. People of my generation see less of a point to read

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newspaper

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a newspaper

which only gets updated once in 24 hours as opposed to online sources which get updated once in every few minutes if not seconds. And as for

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, many young people don’t follow news on

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because its reporting system is traditionally flawed.

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reports news as it is happening without much context and background information to follow. The trajectory that

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news follows is almost always forward, never backwards. Unlike

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internet

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gives you the opportunity to search and backtrack news.

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, with the

internet

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you can pursue multiple news at one time, while all

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channels almost always focus one news. There is still a decent amount of

population

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the population

who is patronising traditional sources of news, but these sources are out of interest of a great vast majority. Young people prefer to get news on the go and

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internet

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the internet

can give them that.

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the reason, others opinion may vary, very few young people read

newspaper

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and follow the news on

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In many countries, very few young people read newspapers or follow the news on TV. What do you think are the causes of this?

Fully explain your ideas

Some people believe hat all children should learn a foreign language from the time they start school, while others believe it is better to wait until a child is at secondary school. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Many museums and historical sites are mainly visited by tourists but not local people. Why is this the case and what can be done to attract more local people to visit these places?

The internet is a good source of information and opened up opportunities for people all over the world. Is all information reliable online? What could be done to control information online?

Some people believe that entertainers are paid too much and their impact on society is negative, while others disagree and believe that they deserve the money that they make because of their positive effects on society. Discuss both opinions and give your own opinion.

Many of the medical problems that people are experiencing in today's world are due to the fact that we have a very sedentary lifestyle. To what extent to you agree?