Boring! Media fail to cover real interests FINAL Edition
For most newspaper columns, newspaper stories and television pieces are about things that interest you the least. According to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, only 16% of us closely follow news about political figures and events in Washington. Yet look at the newspaper, turn on...
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| Published in | USA today (Arlington, Va.) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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McLean, Va
USA Today, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc
04.06.1996
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | For most newspaper columns, newspaper stories and television pieces are about things that interest you the least. According to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, only 16% of us closely follow news about political figures and events in Washington. Yet look at the newspaper, turn on the TV or flip on the radio, and you'll be bombarded with Washington stories. Even fewer of us -- 9% -- closely follow news of culture and the arts, yet newspapers have pages or sections devoted to that once or twice a week, sometimes every day. The same goes for news of famous people (13%), consumer news (14%), and entertainment news (15%). What we're interested in is local news and crime news and health news. Half again as many people want to read about local government as about national government. Twice as many people are as interested in science as in business and four times as many in health as in the arts. More of us are interested in international affairs than in entertainment and more of us in religion news than in Washington doings. |
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| ISSN: | 0734-7456 |