You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: 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. You should write at least 254 words.

Media is the only source, where we can get to know all the information all over the world, sitting at home. Reading newspapers and watching TV would
helps
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to know the global
news
. Unfortunately, the major concern is young people are not habituated to
this
practise
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. In
this
essay, we will examine the causes of the problem and suggest few steps that people could follow, young people especially to cultivate the habit of paying attention to current affairs. Two main factors are behind the fact that why youngsters hesitate to watch
news
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. The
first
and foremost is, they
dont
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don't
have
patience
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the patience
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or time to read the headlines in the daily paper or watch
news
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the news
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.
For example
, their school or college starts so early, so it is very difficult for them to spend some on daily event paper.
Secondly
, it mainly talks about politics or the well-known
environment
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issues which the youngster
are
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no
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not
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interested in.
For instance
, poverty, famine which is
quite
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boring topic for them.
Moreover
, all the details disclosed in
news
is not vivid and true. As a solution, young students can keep
them
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up to date by listening to the
news
online .
For example
, they can listen to
news
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while they are travelling to school or college or work from home
this
saves time and help them to stay updated.
However
, it is better if they start reading the newspaper daily because it will not only helps
to
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them to
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know the daily
news
but
also
increase
the
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their
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capacity to read faster and increase
the
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their
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vocabulary. To start with, if they are not interested in reading the entire
news
, they can skip
few
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a few
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and concentrate only on the
news
which they are interested in. Say
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example,
Sport
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news
they should start reading daily and eventually get to read the rest of the global incidents as well. In conclusion,
at
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the
end
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it is
necesssary
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necessary
to keep ourselves updated
in
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on
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current affairs
,
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because if there is a drought or flood or earthquake, we will come to know from
news
in
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on
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television or newspaper.
Hence
, it would help us to plan things
accordingly
and stay safe.
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