Question

Elaborate upon the changing form of newspapers.

Answer 1

Instructions: In this question, you need to explain the following topics​:
Newspapers in the early post-independence era

Information carried: News+ impetus to industry and commerce
Impacts: Shaped public opinion, carried out the task of public education, kept a check on the government.
Talk about the transformation of newspapers
Print: Transformation from black and white to colour
News covered: From covering only taluk level news to covering state level news.
New focus areas: Raising funds during drought and flood, helping poor students and sponsoring cultural programmes.

Solution:
During the early post-independence period in India, apart from daily news, newspapers gave impetus to industry and commerce through advertisements. They shaped public opinions, carried out the task of public education and kept a check on the government policies.
Transformation of Newspapers: The black and white newspapers transformed their outlook with the advent of colour printing. Earlier newspapers covered only district/taluk level news. Nowadays all newspapers face competition from the State level newspaper chains. The scope of newspapers expanded. It includes raising funds for drought and flood affected people, helping poor students to go for higher education and sponsoring cultural programmes.