Newspapers - pros and cons

The Newspapers Industry - a dying business

Many speculate on the fact that paper newspaper is a dying business, and that in a few decades online newspaper will dominate.  In this blog post I will focus on the pros and cons of the newspaper industry. 

The paper newspaper usually target elder people, who do not know how to use the Internet and the different websites, also paper newspaper are impractical. It is so much easier to go straight into your phone and check an app, than caring around old newspapers. One of the biggest arguments against the newspaper is the wasteful overload. People are becoming more and more aware of the environment and the consequences of their actions. The last argument against newspapers are the cost, it costs money to buy it. Why buy a newspaper when you can read it for free online. Now with all of these arguments against newspaper, how can the newspaper industry still be in business?

Many people like having a physical newspaper in their hands, it is a habit which is hard to break. Also if the physical newspaper goes out of business many journalists will lose their job, and the are not that expensive to buy. Even though newspaper are not so environmental, there are newspaper that can be recycled. Another important thing to mention is that staring too long on your newspaper will not damage your eyes, like a computer might. 

To sum up their are both pros and cons against online and ordinary newspapers. I honestly think that the good old paper newspaper is going to be with us for a while, but in a few decades it will disappear. However I also think that the small newspapers will not manage to outperform the big newspaper industries. I am referring to big newspaper industries like BBC, the New York Times, Daily News etc. 

Platform tasks - Hilde, Kristina, Jørgen and Simen

Platform 2

• Employer - arbeidsgiver
• Employee - ansatt
• Hire - ansette
• Fire (about work) - sparke
• Product - produkt
• Marketing - markedsføre
• Sales -  salg
• Office - kontor
• Desk - pult
• Tele-marketing - tele-markedsføring
• Manager - bestyrer, leder, sjef
• Retire - pensjonere
• Fringe benefits - frynsegoder
• Unemployed - arbeidsledig
• Boss - sjef
• Salary/Wages - lønn
• Holiday/Vacation - ferie
• Severance pay - pensjonspenger
• Interview - intervju
• Call-centre - kundeservice
• Goal - mål
• Bonus - bonus
• Outsource - sette bort deler av bedriften

I fired a man yesterday, and it felt good

My sister was on a job interview and she thought it went well.

My favourite parts of the school year are the holdidays.

I can not wait to get my salary.

The employer decided to hire the employee because of his advanced skills and bold goals within the tele- marketing business.

Platform 3

Picture nr. 7

The worshippers of the Ganges river belongs to the religion Hinduism. They look at the river as a goddess and mother because they believe that Ganges is Shiva’s hair. Shiva is one of the most sacred gods in Hinduism, together with Vishnu and Deli. Many of the Hindus keep water from Ganges in their homes because it is prestigious and bathing in the river is also important for many, if they don’t do it they do not feel complete. When a Hindu dies his/her ash is thrown in the Ganges because their family hopes that they have finally made it out of the circle of life, Samsara.  

Picture nr. 2

Which impression do you get of the size of the country? Name the biggest cities. What is the capital of India called? What do you associate with the Ganges? Which are the neighbouring countries? What do you know about India's relationship to these countries?

India is the largest country in south-Asia. Major cities in India include New Dehli, Bangalore, Mumbai,Chennai, Calcuta and Agre. The capital in India is New Dehli. Along many of the major cities in Indie, the river Ganges flows. This river is often associated with Hinduism and is said to be sacred.

Neighbouring countries to India are Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Bangladesh and China. India borders to the Indian-, Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal. India has a good relationship to most of its neigbouring countries, however, tensions with Pakistan are growing this very moment. This is a complex tension building on several factors and disputes in the past. The main difference between India and Pakistan are the different religions - Pakistan is muslim while India is Hindu.

A description of Marais Van der Vyver

Marais Van der Vyver is the main character in the short story "The moment before the gun went off", written by Nadine Gordimer. In this text I will give a short description of him. The story is written in third person. The setting in the story is in South- Africa. The apartheid regime has fallen, but you can still sense that there is some tension in the society. By an accident Lucas, a black farm boy, is shot and killed by Marais, the white farmer.

Marais Van der Vyver is an Afrikaner farmer. He is the regional party leader of the liberal whites and Commandant at the local security commando, and a respected high standing man of the district.The text states that Marais is a big, clam and clever man.  He does not show much emotions, and often hides his smile behind his big mustache.  Marais is married to Alida, and together Alida and Marais have three children: Magnus, Helena og Karel.

Marais has a secret, Lucas is his son, this is revealed in the end of the text.  Lucas was born when the apartheid regime was strong, which is why nobody knows the truth. Marais find a way to stay in contact with Lucas, every week they go hunting together. They both love the nature and the wild life. Lucas and Marais has a close relationship through the years. When Lucas dies Marais is very shaken up, and he starts to cry. As mentioned earlier Marais early show any emotions. When he cries for Lucas death, it tells us that he truly cared for Lucas.

Scotland

Scotland is a part of the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. The origin of the name Scotland came from the Latin word “Scoti”. The name was given to the Celts that lived in the area. The name Scotland could also be directly translated to “Land of the Scots”.  

The first inhabitants in Scotland came after the ice age for 11 000 years ago. The first houses came for 9 500 years ago, while the first villages came for 6000 years ago. In the middle of the 500- century the Irish missionary monk, Columba, started the Christianization of Scotland. Then in the beginning of the 800- century Norwegian Vikings settled on the Shetland Isles, Orkney Islands and the Hebrides.  In the following 100 years England tried to submit Scotland, but their struggles failed. In 1707 Scotland and England joined together in one kingdom, The United Kingdom. They have a united parliament, armed forces and so on.

The Scottish government is responsible for the day-to-day issues that the people have. They take care of the health, education, justice, rural affairs and transport. The government was established in 1999. The purpose of the government is to create a more successful country, with opportunities or all.

Education is very important in Scotland, and the system is some different from the British system. Children start primary school when they are 4,5 or 5,5 years old. When they have been in primary school for seven years they start secondary school.

When you hear the word Scottish your usually thought goes to a man in a skirt playing a bagpipe and talks a strange language. The skirt is called a kilt and is the traditional Scottish clothing, for both men and women. The pattern you find on this kilt is called a tartan.   Bagpipes are very popular in Scotland, together with the famous dish haggis. A haggis will include the heart, liver and lungs of a sheep, onions, oats and spices.  The oldest language in Scotland is Gaelic, but it´s only spoken by around sixty thousand people.

A recent newsstory from Scotland is that the government has recently bought the airport Prestwick. The airport is now a public ownership.

There are many different dialects in Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, English in Scotland and the Scots dialect. Scottish Gaelic is the oldest dialect, and is not similar to English. The English spoken in Scotland is difficult to define, but is the official written language. Scots dialect and the standard English Scottish is very similar and get often blurred. The Scots dialect descends from Old English. 

Five Fun Facts

Scotland is called “Alba” in Gaelic.

Scotland includes 787 islands (only 130 are inhabited).

The unicorn is the official Scottish animal. 

Scotland is considered the home- land of golf.

Although Scotland is very famous for it´s whisky they did not invent it, China did. 

The English Language

English is a very dominate language in the world. One of five speaks English all over the world. Within advertising English expressions and the use of it is very common. This makes the English language more global. It is important that the English is neutral and simple, so it is easy for everyone to understand and communicate through this. To have English as a global language is smart, because it´s a way for everyone to understand each other. English advertisement makes it more global, and common for everyone.

Another reason for English advertisement is that USA is the greatest super power in the world. Many countries look up to them, and want to achieve the same. This is why many countries choose to cooperate with USA and then they have English advertisement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOR2SY2sGU

This commercial is an example of an American product where they have used some English words and expressions. In this example you can see that American products are used all over the world, and is clearly dominant. 

The English language

The English language is all around us here in Norway. On a daily basis I use English words like: please, money, snowboard, taxi, take- away, mail, sorry, shopping, okey, facebook, instagram, get a life, brownie and boots.

Some people would say that having many English words in our language is a positive thing. It makes us more global, and can help us become more known to the language. It can also have a negative effect on the Norwegian culture, and make us loose our identity to the Norwegian language.

There can be both positive and negative aspects of having English as a lingua franca. The positive aspect is that the English language is used between many people to communicate within politics, trade, tourism, media and entertainment. The negative aspects of having English as a lingua france is that people can be absorbed by the English language and loose their own lingual identity.        

In the book "The Fault In Our Stars" my favorite character is the protagonist, Hazel Grace. Hazel Grace is not a typical cancer kid that slefpites herself. She has no illusion on what´s gonna happened next, she is going to die. What´s so special about Hazel is that she dose not refer her condition with self-pity, but with humor.

I didn't tell him that the diagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You're a woman. Now die. (2.13)

Hazel does not care about whats cool or not, but she knows what she likes. This is what I like about Hazel. She is true to herself. I also love that she can use humor, even though she is diagnosed with cancer, and may never celebrate her next birthday.