Section 23
Newspapers
Why is it called a newspaper?
Because it contains news of course.
But Modern newspapers contain much more than just news.
They have competitions and puzzles and advice.
They are one of the oldest forms of mass communication.
They are printed in virtually every language in the world.
Newspapers find their way into almost every home in the world.
Some print pictures in color today.
Some are more like magazines than newspapers.
Front page news is a term from newspapers, which has come into our daily language.
Try to think of all the kinds of newspapers there are, what about company newspapers, local newspapers, national and international financial newspapers?
There are too many to know them all.
But we can know the importance of newspapers.
How many uses do you know for old newspapers?
