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