Some first-day talking points about what is news, what is media literacy and why young people aren't paying as much attention to the news as older generations.

1. Some opening thoughts
What is media literacy?
What is news? And why are
young people tuned out?

2. Three characteristics of news
• What would you say
they are?

3. Three characteristics of news
• Proximity

4. Three characteristics of news
• Proximity
• Celebrity

5. Three characteristics of news
• Proximity
• Celebrity
• Impact

6. What is media literacy?
• How would you define
it?

7. What is media literacy?
• Understanding how to
separate reliable from
unreliable information

8. What is media literacy?
• Understanding how to
separate reliable from
unreliable information
• Understanding the
difference between
important and trivial

9. What is media literacy?
• Understanding how to
separate reliable from
unreliable information
• Understanding the
difference between
important and trivial
• Understanding the
difference between
fact and opinion

10. News consumption by age group
• Surveys by the Pew
Research Center show
that young people are
less likely to be
connected to the news

11. News consumption by age group
• Surveys by the Pew
Research Center show
that young people are
less likely to be
connected to the news
• Why do you think that’s
the case?

12. Definitions
• Millennials
(18 to 31 years old)
• GenXers
(33 to 47)
• Baby Boomers
(48 to 66)
• Silent Generation
(67 to 84)

13. Time spent with news

14. Newspaper consumption declines

15. News sources for Millennials

16. News habits of older Americans

17. News habits of Boomers

18. Social media and news
• One-third of Millennials
and one-fifth of Xers
regularly see news
headlines on social
media

19. Social media and news
• One-third of Millennials
and one-fifth of Xers
regularly see news
headlines on social
media
• But only 35 percent say
they follow up and track
down the full story