| Description |
xi, 172 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. A generational shift -- 2. How tuned out are they? -- 3. Talking with young people I : striptease news and the shifting balance between need and want -- 4. Talking with young people II : who follows the news and why -- 5. Television, the Internet, and the eclipse of the local -- 6. The decline of general news and the deliberative body -- 7. Conclusion : how to tune back in -- App. A. People surveyed or interviewed for this project, 2001-2003 -- App. B. Format of the standard interview -- App. C. Responses to questions 11-21 |
| Summary |
"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, and follows the news less than their elders do and less than their elders did. Noting that the problem is reaching almost unfathomable proportions (the median viewer age of network television news is now 60), Mindich explores the roots of the problem, including the powerful lure of entertainment, which in recent years has grown exponentially - from MTV and ESPN to Nakednews.com - far overshadowing serious news programs. The challenge, Mindich says, is to create a society in which young people feel that reading quality journalism is worthwhile. Some newspapers have responded to the problem by pandering, adding Britney Spears and subtracting John Ashcroft. But in trying to make news matter to young people, the author notes, they make it matter to no one. Tuned Out offers a number of innovative responses to this problem, from requiring every channel to carry news as part of its children's programming to transforming college admissions policies, to changing journalism itself."--BOOK JACKET.sh new |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-142) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Press -- Influence.
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Newspaper reading.
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Broadcast journalism.
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Television and reading -- United States.
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Mass media and youth.
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Youth -- Books and reading.
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| Author |
ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2004046938 |
| ISBN |
0195161408 cloth alkaline paper |
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0195161416 alkaline paper |
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