How do Millennials prefer their News - Pew Research

[Ninjalawyer]

Originally Posted by vxf

The sad truth is that it is not the 'younger generation' to be a race of uneducated Morlocks.
It's the whole human race.

... I am grading finals. I guess it always makes me despair in the intellectual capabilities of the human race. It's incredible how little we ask of our students. Yet, they never fail to deliver even less.

This might make you feel better then, the human race is getting smarter, not stupider: Link

[Ninjalawyer]

Originally Posted by elcreative

Where did you get that from??? The whole point of the article is that "millennials" are just people who prefer to read news just like other made-up "marketing groups... were's the "tone" in that... the comment about it not being surprising was clearly aimed at the article not the people...

No need to take offence. I meant that it was obvious that the posters were clearly from an older generation (who else refers to themselves as a dinosaur?), and my comment about treating millenials like Morlocks was referring to a general meme, not to a point that the article or any of the posts were making.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer

This might make you feel better then, the human race is getting smarter, not stupider: Link

That is totally subjective.



The only thing IQ is, is a score on a particular test, it has nothing to do with how smart or stupid a person is.

[Ninjalawyer]

Originally Posted by kennyc

That is totally subjective.



The only thing IQ is, is a score on a particular test, it has nothing to do with how smart or stupid a person is.

IQ tests do in fact correlate well with intelligence, or at least a particular kind of intelligence. In particular, abstract reasoning and symbolic reasoning. There is good evidence that the consistent increase in IQ scores over several decades does, in fact, indicate a rise in general intelligence.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer

IQ tests do in fact correlate well with intelligence, or at least a particular kind of intelligence. In particular, abstract reasoning and symbolic reasoning. There is good evidence that the consistent increase in IQ scores over several decades does, in fact, indicate a rise in general intelligence.

Not really, we don't even really understand what 'intelligence' is other that what we measure with that test and there have been many studies that show how faulty that belief is.

[theinfamousj]

Unsurprising. As someone who straddles the line between millennial and whatever generation is called before millennial this comes is absolutely no surprise. We are inundated with video and audio advertising so much that we really just want to get what we want to get out of something. Not be sold to.

[JD Gumby]

Originally Posted by theinfamousj

Unsurprising. As someone who straddles the line between millennial and whatever generation is called before millennial

Lost Generation (WWI vets): 1883-1900 [coined by Gertrude Stein]
Greatest Generation (WWII vets): 1901-1924 [coined by Tom Brokaw]
Silent Generation: 1925-1945
Baby Boomers: 1946-1964
Generation X: 1965-1982
Millenials/Generation Y: 1982-2004
Generation Z: 2005-present

Of course, those are only approximations, always a couple of years leeway on each end, mainly depending on how one feels about themselves.

[Ninjalawyer]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Not really, we don't even really understand what 'intelligence' is other that what we measure with that test and there have been many studies that show how faulty that belief is.

Now you have me interested. Cite?

[elcreative]

Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer

Now you have me interested. Cite?

Just google "IQ tests valid"

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by elcreative

Just google "IQ tests valid"

And maybe while he's at it can define 'smart' and 'stupid' which is where this started.

[BenBanned]

I happen to be a millenial with no cell phone, facebook, twitter, or instagram.
And no I dont live in a cave and sneak my way into the library at night to post on this forum.
The most curious thing about this is, other than the onion and daily show, I dont know of many millenials interested in news.
Of course there are excpetions.
But in my observation most millenials initially learn of news from some source other than news.
For example twitter trends and instagram memes leading to further investigation.

I dont think this is generational, but more of a coming to age thing.

[theinfamousj]

Originally Posted by JD Gumby

Lost Generation (WWI vets): 1883-1900 [coined by Gertrude Stein]
Greatest Generation (WWII vets): 1901-1924 [coined by Tom Brokaw]
Silent Generation: 1925-1945
Baby Boomers: 1946-1964
Generation X: 1965-1982
Millenials/Generation Y: 1982-2004
Generation Z: 2005-present

Of course, those are only approximations, always a couple of years leeway on each end, mainly depending on how one feels about themselves.

And I'm right on that cusp between millennial and Generation X what with being born in 1982.

[kennyc]

Silent Generation. W(ho)TH came up with that?, more the Literary Generation!

[v1k1ng1001]

Originally Posted by vxf

The sad truth is that it is not the 'younger generation' to be a race of uneducated Morlocks.
It's the whole human race.

... I am grading finals. I guess it always makes me despair in the intellectual capabilities of the human race. It's incredible how little we ask of our students. Yet, they never fail to deliver even less.

This.

[wizwor]

I like multimedia when it compliments the words. Unfortunately, much of the multimedia is gratuitous or offensive. For instance, I'd rather see highlights of a football game that read a description of the game and I'd rather watch an interview than read it, but I don't need to see someone standing in front of the home of a victim reading me the story. Don't go by me, though -- I'd rather watch a good movie in an easy chair with immersive audio on a huge TV than read the book.