Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Shunning Newsprint...And the News
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Today's young Americans are "estranged from the daily newspaper and rely more heavily on television than on the Internet for their news," according to a newly released study "Young People and News" from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.
Though most experts agree that young people pay less attention to the news than their counterparts 20 or 30 years ago, the study comes at a time when many experts disagree on how much attention today's teens pay to current events and news. Some argue that young people are harnessing the Internet to become civically engaged in ways not seen in previous generations. This study - funded by the Carnegie Corp.- seems to contradict that conclusion. The researchers surveyed 1,800 randomly sampled people of all ages and found that teens don't make following news a regular part of their day.
Check out the full report for yourself: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/presspol/carnegie_knight/young_news_web.pdf
Though most experts agree that young people pay less attention to the news than their counterparts 20 or 30 years ago, the study comes at a time when many experts disagree on how much attention today's teens pay to current events and news. Some argue that young people are harnessing the Internet to become civically engaged in ways not seen in previous generations. This study - funded by the Carnegie Corp.- seems to contradict that conclusion. The researchers surveyed 1,800 randomly sampled people of all ages and found that teens don't make following news a regular part of their day.
Check out the full report for yourself: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/presspol/carnegie_knight/young_news_web.pdf
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