Title: Tuned out
Subtitle: why Americans under 40 don't follow the news
First published: August 13, 2004
Description: Our democracy is on the brink of a crisis, David Mindich argues in Tuned Out. As more and more young people turn their backs on political news, America is seeing the greatest decline in informed citizenship in its history.  The implications for overall civic engagement are also enormous.      Crisscrossing the country, from Boston to New Orleans and Los Angeles, Mindich has interviewed scores of young Americans about how they keep up with the news: young professionals, college students, and even some preteens. What he discovers is a group that knows less, cares less, votes less, andfollows the news less than their elders do and less than their elders did...
Subjects: Youth, Mass media and youth, Influence, Television and reading, Books and reading, Press, Newspaper reading, Broadcast journalism, Media Studies, Nonfiction, Youth, books and reading, Mass media, Presse, Journaux, Lecture, Presse audiovisuelle, Télévision et lecture, Médias et jeunesse, Jeunesse, Livres et lecture, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Massamedia, Jongeren, Nieuws, Mediagebruik, Journalisme audiovisuel, Nouvelles (Journalisme), Journal télévisé, Jeune, Jeune adulte, Politique
Places: United States
LC classification: PN4731 .M49 2005