Young People and News
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the collection.
"Based on a national sample survey of 1800 Americans that included teens (ages 12-17), young adults (ages 18-30), and older adults. The sample is noteworthy for its inclusion of teenage respondents, who’ve seldom been polled nationally on their news habits. Although some observers claim that 9/11 and the Iraq conflict have sparked unusually high levels of interest in current affairs among the upcoming generation of citizens, the survey does not support the claim, at least in the context of attention to daily news coverage..."
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