Newspaper Analysis

3. According to Merriam-Webster, a newspaper is "a set of large sheets of paper that have news stories, information about local events, advertisements, etc., and that are folded together and sold every day or every week".
4. The first newspapers came into existence in Germany in 1609. 
5. Some of the oldest newspapers in the United States were The Boston News Letter, The New-England Courant, and The New Hampshire Gazette. 
6. The current leading stories of The Wall Street Journal are "Libya's Masked Men Hunt Human Smugglers" and "Dell to Buy EMC for $67 Billion". The news that is receiving attention is the technology and companies, and the Middle Eastern conflicts.
7. A newspaper of record is a major newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and typically authoritative. A newspaper of record may also be a publicly available newspaper that has been authorized or maintained by a government to publish public or legal notices, and therefore serves as a "newspaper of public record". The New York Times was the nations first designated newspaper of record in 1913. The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are also considered newspapers of record in the United States.
8.  A newspaper is different than the use of social media to stay connected because the information on social media is more current because it is constantly being updated and changed, whereas the newspaper is only as current as when the articles were written. Along with the use of social media, the news is reported by several different choices and point of views. When people read the newspaper, they are getting the information from just one source. Our generation often takes for granted the fact that we have information coming in constantly at our fingertips. Before technology became so advanced, the newspaper was the main way to stay connected to the world.

Social Media and the News