WHEN it comes to news, teens and tweens here are still turning to newspapers and not the Internet as widely thought.
That is what a survey by Panasonic Asia Pacific found. Covering seven countries in the region, the online survey had 609 respondents between 10 to 15 years old. Some 100 of them were from Singapore.
Those surveyed said newspapers were their main source of news, followed by TV and websites.
Most of the young people surveyed - 66 per cent - also found newspapers more credible than blogs.
The survey also found that Singapore respondents had a taste for the serious when it comes to news, with some two thirds of them citing world news as their favourite section.
In comparison, 60 per cent of respondents from the region cited entertainment news as their favourite section.
In the modern days, almost all young generation knows how to use a computer surfing internet. But despite the fact that young teenagers love the company of internet technology, many prefer reading a newspaper than reading news from the internet.
ReplyDeletePersonally, i prefer reading newspaper article than internet too. Why? First, newspaper article is easily accessable. Next, newspaper is easily portable compare to desktop, laptop or mobile phones. Lastly newspaper is cheap and fast. It take little effort to use, carry or buy.
Boo Weisheng.
I find that the Internet over powered newspaper in terms of coverage and accessibility of information and many other aspects, however there are various aspects that are newspaper-exclusive, some examples are that the distribution of your message can be limited to your geographic area, thus it focus more on what is going on in the neighborhood. Also newspapers are usually more credible compared to the net as mention in the article.
ReplyDeleteThe most unique quality of a newspaper would be that it is classic. Generation after generation had relied on newspaper for news and misc. because it is cheap, easily obtained and more mobile due to its light weight. Personally i enjoyed newspaper because of the miscellaneous aspect of it, such as the daily crossword puzzles or comic stripes that changes everyday.
Although majority of the youth surveyed prefer the newspapers, I do feel that there are certain disadvantages as compared to getting news from the internet or news on television.
ReplyDeleteNewspapers have a very short life duration, people tend to read the newspapers quickly and once. The normal life span of a daily newspaper is only 24 hours, which is pretty limited.
Furthermore, newspapers are not really environmentally friendly. Usually people will discard the newspapers once they are done with it. And if the news is of no interest to the person reading it, they may simply skip the pages especially those with a number of advertisements which will once again contribute to the wastage issue.
Lastly, newspapers are not as convenient as the internet. If people wanted to search for information or past news quickly, it is much easier to find it online than to rummage through every newspaper article and past issues.
After reading the article, I find that the youths in Singapore are actually interested in the news.
ReplyDeleteThis can be concluded by the survey conducted by Panasonic Asia Pacific. Some 600 young teenagers in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam were polled.
Singapore youth formed 17% of the total respondents.
84% of the Singapore respondents also disagreed that news is boring and 98% of them viewed it as important.
67% or 2 out of the 3 Singapore respondents aged between 10 and 15, cited world news as their favourite section.
And close to half said they read or watch the news at least once a day.
Most kept up with the news to gain general knowledge. Others were swayed by the interesting headlines.
Most get their daily dose of news from newspapers (90%), followed by television (73%) and online news websites (41%).