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A lot among the group members can really respond (eevn not entitled!!) http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/03/stories/2008060356482000.htm *Youngsters and 'news fatigue' * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** GOTEBORG: *Young adults experience news fatigue from being inundated by facts and updates and have trouble accessing in-depth stories,* according to a study unveiled at a global media conference on Monday. The Context-Based Research Group, an ethnographic research firm, found that the news consumption behaviour of younger readers differs profoundly from that of previous generations. The research project, commissioned by The Associated Press in 2007, *analysed the news consumption patterns of an ethnically diverse group of* *18 men* *and women between the ages of 18 and 34* in six cities in the U.S., Britain and India. It ultimately helped AP design a new model for news delivery to meet the needs of young adults, who are driving the shift from traditional media to digital news, said Jim Kennedy, AP's director of strategic planning. "*The real value was that it gave us a lasting model of how news is being consumed in the digital space by young people that we can use to improve our own newsgathering and project development*," Mr. Kennedy said. That includes what the AP calls "1-2-3 filing," starting with a news alert headline for breaking news, followed by a short present-tense story that is usable on the Web and by broadcasters. The third step is to add details and format stories in ways most appropriate for various news platforms. Editors at the *Telegraph *in London are following a similar approach and have seen a big jump in traffic at the newspaper's Website. The study said the *Telegraph *has adopted the mind-set of a broadcast-news operation to quickly build from headlines to short stories to complete multimedia packages online to boost readership. The study's purpose was to obtain a deeper and more holistic understanding of the news consumption behaviour of younger audiences. The results were presented in a 71-page report to media executives and editors from around the globe at the World Editors Forum here in Sweden. A *key finding was that participants yearned for quality and in-depth reporting but had difficulty immediately accessing such content because they were bombarded by facts and updates in headlines and snippets of news. * The research was conducted in six major metropolitan areas around the globe: Houston, Silicon Valley, Philadelphia and Kansas City in the U.S.; Brighton, Britain; and Hyderabad. — A --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
