Role of newspapers in English

Newspapers have been the most conventional and popular medium of conveying local, regional, national and international news to the readers. Newspaper serve us the latest happenings in different parts of the world through a network of correspondents and news agencies. The national dailies employ their correspondents and reporters in all the major cities of the world. The major newspapers like the New York Times, The Pravda, The Sunday Mail, The Times of India & The Hindustan Times would, shape and influence the views, opinions and attitudes of millions of readers throughout the world. The media is best defined by the roles they play in society. They educate, inform and entertain through news, features and analysis in the press. They also produce documentaries, dramas, current affairs programmes, public service announcements, magazine programmes and other forms of programming for radio and television. The media is a conduit through which voices, perspectives and lives are brought into the public sphere. In the last decade, Africa has witnessed a massive growth of on-line media, which is being exploited by both urban and rural communities to access and deliver information for social and business purposes.