According to the Context-Based Research Group (whoever they are), young
adults are experiencing "news fatigue". This information was presented
today at a global media conference in Stockholm.
I read a reference to the article in today's paper. Here is a passage
that I found in an online article:
The study also found that participants were unable to give full
attention to the news because they were almost always simultaneously
engaged in other activities, such as reading e-mail. That represents a
shift from previous consumption models in which people sat down to watch
the evening news or read the morning paper.
"Our observations and analysis identified that consumers' news diets are
out of balance due to the over-consumption of facts and headlines," said
Robbie Blinkoff, co-founder and head anthropologist at Baltimore
<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361344,00.html#> , Md.-based
Context-Based Research Group.
Here is a link to the entire article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361344,00.html
Ed Nizalowski, SMS
Newark Valley High School
Newark Valley, NY
enizalowski@nvcs.stier.org
"The joke is that there are more people learning English in China than
there are learning it in America." blurb for "Teaching Chinese as
Tomorrow's Language" by Carol Chmelynski from School Board News
Currently reading Refugees by Catherine Stine
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