Comments on: Study Shows Young Adults Hit by ‘News Fatigue’ http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/02/study-shows-young-adults-hit-by-news-fatigue/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:34:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Anna Catherine http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/02/study-shows-young-adults-hit-by-news-fatigue/#comment-17638 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:35:42 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/02/study-shows-young-adults-hit-by-news-fatigue/#comment-17638 I don't think it's only news. Their attention span in general is short lived regardless of the material or the subject. Sound bytes and pictures flashing has destroyed their ability to concentrate and analyze what they're hearing or seeing. It's very sad. I don’t think it’s only news. Their attention span in general is short lived regardless of the material or the subject.
Sound bytes and pictures flashing has destroyed their ability to concentrate and analyze what they’re hearing or seeing. It’s very sad.

]]> by: Hillary http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/02/study-shows-young-adults-hit-by-news-fatigue/#comment-17629 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:27:14 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/02/study-shows-young-adults-hit-by-news-fatigue/#comment-17629 Am a journalist in Kampala Uganda. Am a journalist in Kampala Uganda.

]]> by: Hillary http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/02/study-shows-young-adults-hit-by-news-fatigue/#comment-17628 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:25:37 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/02/study-shows-young-adults-hit-by-news-fatigue/#comment-17628 Am a journalist in Kampala Uganda Am a journalist in Kampala Uganda

]]> by: Cord;ey Coit http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/02/study-shows-young-adults-hit-by-news-fatigue/#comment-17627 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:24:26 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/02/study-shows-young-adults-hit-by-news-fatigue/#comment-17627 Too small a sampling and made in media rich environments except for Brighton which is a geriatric hood. I have a distrust of APs methodology, the owners are known to skewer stats. I give them a diamond sign, warning construction a head. Too small a sampling and made in media rich environments except for Brighton which is a geriatric hood.
I have a distrust of APs methodology, the owners are known to skewer stats. I give them a diamond sign, warning construction a head.

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