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With the step of globalization, people begin to become eager to know about others who live in foreign countries. There are a variety of ways in which people can more or less get information of other people culture. Such ways include the TV, Internet, Newspapers, magazines, etc. Some people claim that newspapers and magazines are the best ways to learn about a foreign country.
However, for my perspective, I do not deem this is a right statement. Newspapers and magazines actually have several drawbacks ,and there are several better ways to understand the culture of a foreign country.
Most of newspapers and magazines are inclined to report explosive news instead of common news. In fact, these explosive news, which happen occasionally, do not reflect the real life of this country , but some unusual life of this country. If a person learn about this country from the newspaper and magazine frequently, he or she may considers the report on newspaper as the real life of this country. But those common life which are not written on the newspaper may the true face of this country. For example, If a foreign newspaper is inclined to report robberies. People who live in another country may regard this country as a very dangerous place. But probably robberies may happen one time in a month.
In addition ,since the report on the newspapers are edited by some journalists and these journalists may hold emotional perspectives on the events, the information of the newspaper may be biased , misleading foreigners. Furthermore, in order to boost its sales, some newspapers exaggerate events ,making them draw people’ eyes. This may distort the real fact.
There are some more excellent ways that people can understand the culture of a foreign country. These ways contain history books, film, and a wonderful tour to this country. History books mostly represent the real occurrence without judgment by some person. So people can form their own perspectives rather than be influenced by others’ opinions. Also people can be clear about the process of the development of this country’s culture from the history book. From the films, people can be familiar with foreigners’ daily life . A tour to this country may is the best way to know a foreign country. A proverb goes that “ seeing is believing ‘, people can experience and feel the real life of a foreign country.
Overall, I do not consider newspapers and magazines are the best way to learn about a foreign country. Reading the newspaper may give people more understanding of this country. If people are eager to know about a foreign country, having a travel to this country is the best choice. |
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