Informing The World

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No man is an island." This idea is more appropriate today than it was when Donne lived. In short, wherever he lives, a man belongs to some society; and we are becoming more and more aware that whatever happens in one particular society affects, somehow, (http://www.watchescat.com/B-Replica-Franck-Muller-Watches-38.html )the life and destiny of all humanity.Newspapers have been published in the modern world for about four hundred years. Most of the newspaper printed today is read in Europe and North America. However, they may be read in all parts of the world, thanks to the new inventions that are changing the techniques of newspaper publishing.Electronics and automation have made it possible to produce pictures and text far more quickly than before. Photographic reproduction eliminates the need for type and printing process. And fewer specialists, such as typesetter, are needed to produce a paper or magazine by the photo off set method. Therefore, the publishing of newspapers and magazines becomes more economical. Furthermore, photocopies can be sent over great distance now by means of television channels and satellites. Thus, ...
... pictures can be brought to the public more quickly than previously.Machines that prepare printed texts for photocopies are being used a great deal today. Thousands of letters and figures of different sizes and thicknesses can now be arranged on a black glass disc that is only eight inches in diameter, to be printed in negative form (white on a black background). The disc on the machine turns constantly at the rate of ten revolutions a second. A beam of light from a stroboscopic lamp shines on the desired letters and figures for about two-millionths of a second. Then the image of the letters and figures is projected onto a film through lenses. The section of film is large enough to hold the equivalent of a page of text.Film, being light and small, can be sent to other places and used to print copies of the text where they are needed. Film images can also be projected easily on a movie or television screen.Television broadcasts are limited to an area that is within sight of the sending station or its relay. Although television relays are often placed on hills and mountains so that they can cover a wider region, they still cannot more land than one could see from the same hilltop on a clear day. However, the rays also go out into the atmosphere, and if there is a relay station on a satellite that revolves around the earth, it can transmit the picture to any point on the earth. Three satellites revolving over the equator transmit any television program to any part of the earth. Someday, it may be possible for people to press a button and see a newspaper page on his television screen.' It may be some time before television sets become common in the average homes in Africa and Asia. However, radio is rapidly becoming accessible to thousands of people in these areas.And now that good radios are being made with transistors, and their price is gradually dropping, it may not be not to long before radios become commonplace in areas which have no newspapers. Transistors make it possible for people to carry small radios wherever they go.People who have time to read several papers can already compare different reports of the same event. When an event has political significance, each paper reports it from the point of view of its own political beliefs or preferences. Ideally, the expression of editorial opinion should be limited to the editorial page, and the news articles should be objective—telling the facts as completely as possible, without trying to influence the reader's opinion. However, reporters and editors are only human, and if they have strong political beliefs, it is almost impossible for them to hide them. If editors believe their point of view is best for the readers, what's to stop them from using the paper to influence public opinion? If a world newspaper becomes a reality some day, it will be the most powerful press agencies that will choose the news to be sent out to all countries.( http://www.watchescat.com/)