Young people and news
Subtitle: a report from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
By: prepared by Thomas E. Patterson
Contributors: Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy
Publisher: Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
Subjects: Mass media and youth; Social surveys
Description: "Based on a national survey of 1800 randomly sampled teens, young adults, and older adults, this report examines the amount of daily news consumed by young people. The evidence shows that young Americans are estranged from the daily newspaper and rely more heavily on television than on the Internet for their news. A few decades ago, there were not large differences in the news habits and daily information levels of younger and older Americans. Today, unlike most older Americans, many young people find a bit of news here and there and do not make it a routine part of their day"--Executive Summary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Methodology; title: News exposure; title: Heavy users, moderate users, marginal users, and non-users; title: News story recall as an indicator of news use; title: The new matrix; title: Endnotes; title: Appendix.