Term 2 week 6 ( Technology)

To what extent do the newspapers and magazines that you read deal with what is trivial, rather than with what is important?

In my opinion, the things that are happening around the world which are able to cause significant impact on us are considered as the important. All the advertisements and other kinds of reports which talk about the things that are not related to us and will not have an impact on us are trivial. Newspapers and magazines are main mediums that people use to spread information to the public. They are considered as the most reliable source of information. Most of the people get the information they need from them and they believe in them. Therefore, newspapers and magazines should deal with the important events that are happening around the world and in deed, they are.

It is really necessary for the newspaper and magazines to deal with the important events that are happening in terms to keep people updated. It is very crucial for the people to know what is going on around them and react to it correctly. It will become a mess or chaos if people is totally isolated from the outside world. For example, if the newspaper and magazines have never reported on the 9.11 attack, most of the people would not be able to know the truth and rumours would be spreading around which are not reliable at all. As we all know, rumours can evolve in a very exaggerating manner and it is very powerful. Therefore, people would receive totally different information about the 9.11 attack and this would cause fears among the public and the situation would become a mess. Hence, it is very important for people to be updated and allow them to know what if going on around them.

Furthermore, the newspapers and magazines do deal with the important rather than trivial. The fact is that people around the whole world know about the major events that are happening such as the 9.11 attack or the earthquake that has happened in Indonesia immediately after the incident. They reacted to the disaster by sending humanitarian aids and helps to the affected areas. This proved that the newspapers and magazines are reporting the important things, not the trivial.

In addition, it is unlikely for newspaper and magazines to only report on the trivial as the government of every country need them to carry out propaganda. The government have to use propaganda to brainwash their people in terms to control the nation, to continue to hold on the their power. They do not want their people to have bad expression of them which hence will lead to protests and troubles. Therefore, the newspaper and magazines are considered as the best and the most useful medium for them to carry out propaganda. They are the ones who control the newspaper agency. Hence, it is not really possible for newspapers and magazines to deal with large amount of trivial information.

On the other hand, as we have noticed, there have been more varies kinds of advertisements begin to appear on the newspapers and magazines. This phenomenon proves that the newspapers and magazines start to deal with more trivial information rather than important. In terms to sell their products, companies are willing to spend large amount of money to advertise their products on the newspaper. The same advertisements appear on newspaper repeatedly from day to day. Therefore, all these trivial advertisements begin to cover up the newspaper and magazines. However, the important events still occupy the larger percentage of the newspaper.

In conclusion, I do not believe that to a large extent, the newspapers and magazines that we read deal with what is trivial rather than with what is important .The fact proves that they are reporting the important things so that the people were able to react to them immediately. Even though the trivial advertisements are taking up a larger part of the newspaper and magazines, the important information still occupy and larger percentage.