Pros and Cons of Media
PRINT MEDIA
Merits:
+ It strengthens reading and writing skills
+ Best source of general knowledge.
+ It's a cheap media with high frequency.
+ Makes us good speakers.
+ Can be updated with current affairs.
Demerits:
- Doesn't have an audio element.
- Having short shelf life.
- Hard to reach illiterate people.
- Having low quality and presentation style.
- Doesn't have a video element.
MAGAZINE
Merits:
+ Provides a wealth of information.
+ Better quality.
+ Long life.
+ Will reach a specialized group.
+ More colourful and attractive.
Demerits:
- Only a limited number of people can reach.
- Doesn't have an audio element.
- Doesn't have a video element.
- Want to wait a week or more than a week to have.
RADIO
Merits:
+ Affordability
+ Can be updated with news.
+ Radio is influential.
+ Radio is targeted.
+ Radio is the anywhere, anytime medium.
Demerits:
- Lack of a visual element.
- Will be only having limited listener attention.
- Advanced technology has been used by everyone.
- We couldn't forward or share.
TELEVISION
Merits:
+ Free entertainment.
+ Good educational channels.
+ Family bonding.
+ Can watch the news.
+ Stay connected with the world.
Demerits:
- Television can make us antisocial sometimes.
- TV can waste our time.
- Obesity.
- Television might be addictive.
INTERNET
Merits:
+ Entertainment for everyone.
+ Can learn a new language.
+ Can communicate easily.
+ Abundant information.
+ Interactive.
Demerits:
- Slow downloads.
- Cost of gadgets is high.
- Internet Addiction Disorder.
- Lots of spam.