They cannot meet the needs of small communities, nor can they cause local residents to identify themselves with their home areas, let alone persuade them to join in community development.
於是攤開報紙的地方版，我們所見的大都是桃色新聞與犯罪報導等激情性的內容，報導的角度無法深入。可以說，大報完全不能滿足社區居民新聞的渴求，亦無法激發其對社區的認同感，而引起參與社區建設的動力。