module#2 (newspapers/magazines)

Newspaper is a publication that presents and comments on 
the news. Newspapers play an important role in shaping public 
opinion and informing people of current events. 

The first newspapers were probably handwritten newssheets 
posted in public places. The earliest daily newssheet 
was "Acta Diurna" ("Daily Events") which started in Rome in 
59 B.C. The first printed newspaper was Chinese publication 
called "Dibao" ("Ti - pao") started in A.D.TOO's. It was 
printed from carved wooden blocks. The first regularly 
published newspaper in Europe was "Avisa Relation" or 
"Zeitung", started in Germany in ] 609. 
There are about 1 700 daily and 7 500 weekly newspapers 
in the US. The circulation of some weeklies is no more than a 
few hundred of copies per issue and the circulation of some 
dailies is over a million of copies. 
Magazine is one of the major mass media. Magazine is a 
collection of articles and stories. Usually magazines also contain 
illustrations. 

The earliest magazines developed from newspapers and 
booksellers catalogs. Such catalogs first appeared during the 
1600's in France. In the 1700's pamphlets published at regular 
intervals appeared in England and America. They were literary 
publications. One of the first British magazines "The 
Gentleman's Magazine" was published from 1731 to 1914. 
The first American magazine was called the "American 
Magazine", or "A Monthly View". 
There are specialized magazines intended for special business, 
industrial and professional groups, and consumer magazines 
intended for general public. There are several kinds 
of consumer magazines. 
As for me? I read newspapers only in on-line format .I think they have a big role in the life of society. Because the newspapers are the first media that give the people any information.What for magazines?I don’t like them very much. Yes, they are interesting.But there usually is information about Star’s or any famous thing. I value at first the séance of information, and in the final analysis he form of it’s present.