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Survey Finds Young People Follow News, But Without Much Joy

Associated Press | by David Bauder

Young people are following the news but aren’t too happy with what they’re seeing, according to a new study. The survey of young people ages 16 to 40 — the older of which are known as millennials and the younger Generation Z — was conducted by Media Insight Project. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Why TV Antennas Are Making a Comeback in the Streaming Age

Wall Street Journal | by Mark Miller

Antennas, or “rabbit ears” provide completely free access to local network affiliates, typically including ABC, NBC, Fox and others. Fueled largely by millennials who’ve long sidestepped cable, antenna sales in the U.S. have risen 4% over the past year.

Not All Millennials Consume News Same Way

American Press Institute | by TVNewsCheck

A study by the American Press Institute suggests that using the term “millennials” to define an entire generation masks some important difference among the group and how they consume media and the news.

The term Millennials, however, which covers a loose generational category of those born between 1980 and 1998, is in some ways too broad. The word—the implication of a monolithic group that doesn’t change with age and different circumstances—masks some important differences inside this generation in the ways they encounter the world and follow news about it. – See more at: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/TopStories/Article/Breaking-Down-The-Millennial-Generation–A-Typology-of-Young-News-Consumers#sthash.iTjqDaYO.dpuf

 

The term Millennials, however, which covers a loose generational category of those born between 1980 and 1998, is in some ways too broad. The word—the implication of a monolithic group that doesn’t change with age and different circumstances—masks some important differences inside this generation in the ways they encounter the world and follow news about it. – See more at: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/TopStories/Article/Breaking-Down-The-Millennial-Generation–A-Typology-of-Young-News-Consumers#sthash.iTjqDaYO.dpuf

The term Millennials, however, which covers a loose generational category of those born between 1980 and 1998, is in some ways too broad. The word—the implication of a monolithic group that doesn’t change with age and different circumstances—masks some important differences inside this generation in the ways they encounter the world and follow news about it. – See more at: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/TopStories/Article/Breaking-Down-The-Millennial-Generation–A-Typology-of-Young-News-Consumers#sthash.iTjqDaYO.dpuf