As the internet becomes more popular, newspapers are becoming a thing of the past. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.

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Nowadays, thanks to globalisation and the spread of communication systems, people prefer using the
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instead
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reading a newspaper. I share
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view, and I will explain
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new trend in the essay. There are several reasons to agree with the idea. First of all, today people are always in a hurry
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and do not have time to read a whole newspaper.
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, they opt for other kinds of mass media, especially the
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since is more convenient and cheaper (sometimes
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free).
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, if you use public
transports
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, you can read quickly the information on your smartphone during your commute to work.
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, you can save money and time.
Secondly
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, if you are looking for
a specific news
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, the
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is faster, and it can allow you to find more articles about the topic than newspapers.
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,
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impressive system permit
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discover a lot of disparate information,
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other sources give you fewer opportunities.
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, three months ago I had to write a text about an international Swiss company which
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items for the
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industry, and,
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the crisis
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this
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sector, is going bankrupt.
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this
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reason, a lot of employees will lose probably their job, and citizens
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the council are worried about it. To write
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article, the information in the local newspapers was not enough, so I had to use the
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. In conclusion, I believe that nowadays, in our society, people do not need newspapers,
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are an essential source of news, and
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sector provides jobs
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many workers.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Access
  • Convenient
  • Fast
  • Expensive
  • Wider range
  • News sources
  • Perspectives
  • Readership
  • Demographics
  • Physical
  • Tangible
  • Reading experience
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