Chapter 8 Newspapers

Today newspapers play many roles in our society. One of which is to find important news and report it to the public so that the community can be updated constantly on current events. Another role they play is to inform and entertain. Newspapers touch on subjects such as scientific, technological, and medical issues as well. Even though newspapers try and stay current on issues such as this, the digital age is taking over and we are slowly losing our newspapers. people are turning to online news and television for their news instead of paying and waiting for a new paper every week. It is said that newspapers still hold a significant part in advertising but no longer holds the monopoly on advertising. According to the book, ad revenue of newspapers has fallen 7 percent across the industry even though online ad sales have risen 20 percent. the loss of readers and subscribers is now hurting newspapers all over. reporter stocks have also dropped because again people are turning to online media and television.

Newspapers are just a block in the building of passing news to others. it started back when tribes would orally transfer news to one another. news has been around as long as language itself. The first newspaper was published on september 25 1690 by Benjamin Harris. This was just the start of abjection against the government. he had stated things about the colonial government and the government opposed this. He had a negative tone towards the government and the government did not approve. In 1704 th first regularly published newspaper was formed, called the Boston Newsletter. It only reported on events that had occured in Europe months before. in 1765 close to 30 newspapers had been circulating throughout the colonies which led to the first daily paper in 1784. When newspapers had first come out, they where limited to educated wealthy men who controlled politics and commerce. this grew over time to the general public and the paper was made common for everyone to view.

The idea of a newspaper has grown across the world. Newspapers have spread across many countries. the newspapers have also been directed towards several different races as well such as African Americans, Spanish Americans, Asian Americans, and even Native Americans. this showed that the newspaper was not racist and was directed towards all types of races and people. throughout history most newspapers have been directed towards white mainstream readers but since Benjamin Franklin launched a paper in 1732, newspapers have been more commonly aimed at ethnic groups who played a major role in our society.