The Importance of learning about newspapers

How is learning about newspapers and newsworthiness important? Sure, they may have resulted in one looking at newspapers differently, for example, being more critical when reading tabloids, due to the fact that tabloids aim to be as sensational as possible in order to attract its customers. However, is that really important? Furthermore, what is the point of learning that the news that one reads has gone through a series of "checks", that the news must be recent, the people involved should be rather well known, and that there must be a relevant and important impact?

Firstly, learning about newspapers will allow us to be better able to understand what we want to read, and buy the newspaper that we want. Some people have no clue about what they truly want to read about, thus, they buy great amounts of newspapers and end up only just reading one page of each newspaper. Tabloids and Broadsheets have different focuses and different tones. So, if, for example, a person mainly wants to read about articles that would interest him, not necessarily sensational news, but wants to buy at least one paper a day in order to keep up with current events, that person could buy tabloids on weekdays, unless an interesting event happens which that person would like to read in detail, and buy broadsheets on days when there are feature articles, usually the weekends. A greater understanding of newspapers will also result in a greater understanding of how the world works, as the different advertising styles of the different types of newspapers which target different audiences display clearly the prejudice behind each person's mind, which is manifested consciously, or subconsciously.

Next, learning about newsworthiness will allow us to better understand what people want. Newsworthiness is not just about attracting people to read newspapers, it is also about attracting people in general. People are not just interested in sensational news, people are also interested in sensational people, sensational products, sensational food, et cetera. The extent of the fame of the people involved affects newsworthiness, however, the more famous a brand is, the more expensive a branded product is! Newsworthiness comprises of many factors which humans are interested in, and is the essence of what humans what. A greater understanding of newsworthiness will allow a person to be more successful in promoting products, promoting oneself and persuading people.

In conclusion, the things we learn are always important, no matter how small their importance may be. Learning about newspapers and newsworthiness may seem to be pointless at first other than getting to know how the news industry works, but in actual fact, the applications of this knowledge is much more than just that.