Newspapers are cheap, numerous, and are in wide Transmitted circulation. Magazines are specialized. Journals are more numerous and geared strictly for speialized audiences. Radio and Television are popular and broadcast news efficiently and effectively. The Internet has multiplied interpersonal contacts.
People meet others there over shared interests.
Personal web pages and public chat rooms provide an exchange of views on a scale heretofor not possible. News and data on the internet is more detailed and for a specific audience. This is most evident in investments. Technology in Offices and Newspapers do not type anymore, they word process. Production Presses are huge and relatively cheap to opperate.