What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Reading Newspapers?

Newspapers are cheap, readily-available and informative. There aren’t many disadvantages to them at all, unless you compare them to their technological counterparts!

Advantages of Newspapers

• Wide variety – broadsheet and tabloid
• Current – new edition every day
• They cover a wide range of subjects
• Informative - they keep us up-to-date with things going on all over the world
• Can be bought nearly anywhere
• Cheap
• You don’t need a computer or smartphone to read them
• The reports may be politically or personally biased

Disadvantages of Newspapers

• Some of the bigger ones are difficult to hold, especially when it’s windy!
• You can’t search them for a keyword the way you can their digital equivalents
• Online news websites offer the same news for free
• Newspapers are updated daily, whereas news websites are constantly being updated
• Waste of paper compared to their online equivalents
• Discarded copies litter trains, buses and park benches everywhere
• Reports may be politically or personally biased

Overall, newspapers are a great resource – perhaps a little outdated, but invaluable nonetheless.