Some opening thoughts What is media literacy? What is news? And why are young people tuned out?
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Some opening thoughts
What is media literacy?What is news? And why are
young people tuned out?
Three characteristics of news
• What would you say they are?
Three characteristics of news
• Proximity
Three characteristics of news
• Proximity• Celebrity
Three characteristics of news
• Proximity• Celebrity• Impact
What is media literacy?
• How would you define it?
What is media literacy?
• Understanding how to separate reliable from unreliable information
What is media literacy?
• Understanding how to separate reliable from unreliable information
• Understanding the difference between important and trivial
What is media literacy?
• Understanding how to separate reliable from unreliable information
• Understanding the difference between important and trivial
• Understanding the difference betweenfact and opinion
News consumption by age group
• Surveys by the Pew Research Center show that young people are less likely to be connected to the news
News consumption by age group
• Surveys by the Pew Research Center show that young people are less likely to be connected to the news
• Why do you think that’s the case?
Definitions
• Millennials(18 to 31 years old)
• GenXers(33 to 47)
• Baby Boomers(48 to 66)
• Silent Generation(67 to 84)
Time spent with news
Newspaper consumption declines
News sources for Millennials
News habits of older Americans
News habits of Boomers
Social media and news
• One-third of Millennials and one-fifth of Xers regularly see news headlines on social media
Social media and news
• One-third of Millennials and one-fifth of Xers regularly see news headlines on social media
• But only 35 percent say they follow up and track down the full story
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