For most of us today, television is our main source of news. According to a questionnaire on the way of getting news ,nearly 72 percent of the people watch TV, and only 12 percent read newspapers for daily news. Although television news excels in bringing into our living room dramatic events of singular importance, space craft launchings, natural disasters, record-breaking sports events, presidential inaugurations, wars, murders and so on, it cannot cover important stories in the depth they may deserve because of its time limitations. Regardless of the complexity or significance of an event, it some how must be fitted into a prescribed number of minutes. On the other hand, while the newspaper cannot compete with television visually, for example, a war is often best communicated by pictures, not words, it may beat its rival with amore in-depth version of the event. Free of time restrictions imposed on television news, a newspaper can devote as much space to a story as it sees fit, and flesh it out with more vivid details.
Furthermore, television by nature is a passive medium, for it deprives viewers of the freedom of selection. Whether you like or dislike a particular piece of news, all you have to do is sit in front of the tube and let it happen and follow its space passively. But by reading newspapers, you can select the most interesting news, and skip what you think is irrelevant and dull; you can read in detail or briefly. Besides, watching television involves little mental activity. A constant diet of television journalism contributes to the rise in new illiteracy ,and the decline in general intellectual skills such as reading and writing. In contrast to television news, the print media encourage active involvement in what’s being reported. The readers have to make greater efforts than TV viewers to follow and absorb the stories. But they acquire more than information and news. Reading requires high level of mental involvement, which, in turn, improves our intellectual competence. When we consider television versus print journalism on the basis of format, coverage and nature, is there any question as to which is the better source of news?
今天對於我們大多數人來說,電視是我們主要的新聞來源。根據問卷調查的方式獲得新聞,近72%的人看電視,讀報紙,只有12%每日新聞。雖然電視新聞擅長將到我們的客廳奇異的戲劇性事件的重要性,宇宙飛船發射,自然災害,破紀錄的體育事件,總統就職典禮,戰爭、謀殺等等,它不能覆蓋深度的重要故事他們可能值得由於時間的限制。無論事件的複雜性或意義,這部分必須安裝到規定數量的分鐘。另一方面,雖然報紙上不能與電視視覺競爭,例如,戰爭的最佳溝通方式是圖片,不是的.話,它可能與愛慕擊敗其競爭對手深入版本的事件。自由的時間限制在電視新聞,報紙能把一個故事,因為它認為合適的空間,和肉和更生動的細節。
此外,電視的性質是一種被動的媒介,因為它剝奪了觀眾的自由選擇。不管你喜歡或不喜歡一個特定的訊息,所有你需要做的就是坐在管前,讓它發生,遵循其太空被動。但通過閱讀報紙,您可以選擇最有趣的新聞,並跳過你認為是無關緊要的,沉悶的;你可以閱讀詳細或短暫。此外,看電視很少涉及心理活動。常數飲食的電視新聞有助於新文盲的上升和下降一般知識技能,如閱讀和寫作。與電視新聞相比,印刷媒體鼓勵積極參與報告的事情。讀者必須做出更大的努力比電視觀眾跟隨和吸收的故事。但是他們獲得以上資訊和新聞。閱讀需要高水平的心理干預,反過來,可以提高我們的知識能力。當我們考慮電視和印重新整理聞格式的基礎上,覆蓋和自然,有任何問題,這是最好的新聞來源?
