What Is Importance Of Newspapers In Our Lives?

Nobody can deny the importance of print media.
Newspapers have become an important accessory of the breakfast table. Newspapers give us information about the world around us. They keep the people in touch with the changes taking place in the world. We also develop cosmopolitan outlook because by reading newspapers we no longer think of our own town or our country rather we think of the world as a whole.

The problems of the world are the problems of human beings on the whole. As a result of it, people develop a better type of outlook. In a democracy the newspapers play a very important role. They keep the people informed of the programmers and policies of the government. Similarly, they also keep the government acquainted with the feeling, desires and grievances of the people. In this way, in a democracy, newspapers play a dual role and try to bridge the gap between the government and the people.

On the other hand, in a dictatorial government newspapers are only one-way media in the hands of the dictator. He tries to promote his own interests through them. In a dictatorship the press is not free as it cannot criticize the government and its policies.