Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Graded Assignment 4

The Pew Research article, "Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and Information Revolutions", has concluded that even with technological advantages and the availability of news at all times the information the the public knows has not changed. Today people are just as likely to name leaders and are aware of events as much as they were about twenty years ago. Also the change in formats that have been presented by news providers have not impacted the knowledge that the public has. However, demographics have an extreme impact on the knowledge that the public has from news providers. Based on the research, I definitely feel that we should be more aware of our country and the things that go on in it. It's our country and we should take part in it. If you do not know have the knowledge to back up your opinion I believe it should not be given.

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