Survey Finds Young People Follow News, but Without Much Joy
NEW YORK—Young people are following the news but aren’t too happy with what they’re seeing.
Broadly speaking, that’s the conclusion of a study released Wednesday showing 79 percent of young Americans say they get news daily. 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, a collaboration between The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the American Press Institute.
The report pokes holes in the idea that young people aren’t interested in news, a perception largely driven by statistics showing older audiences for television news and newspapers….