According to our reading, Americans still don't realize what is going on with US national and international relations. We are in a techno-age now that staggers the imagination from when I was a teenager in the '80's - I couldn't dream of all the information that is now at my fingertips. The statistics noted in the Pews article and research numbers were surprising and sad. I can say that most of my friends do not watch the morning or evening news and prefer "reality tv" to current events. Interesting too that education is the single best indicator of knowledge - I believe that. And I understand why men & the older folks knew more - most women of childbearing age through our 50's are juggling by working full time jobs, caring for children and/or aging parents, balancing the checkbook, grocery-ing, laundry-ing, dishwash-ing ... not that some men do those things, but mostly it's women who don't have time to watch the news while preparing breakfast & dinner. It also stands to reason that those more affluent have more time to devote to national and world knowledge because they also know where their next meal is coming from - the less fortunate have basic survival on their minds. I agree that news-hunger individuals visit several news sources for their information. I am one of those - I watch the local morning news while making coffee, letting the dogs out, preparing breakfast while catching Good Morning America over my shoulder - then CNN and MSN online after the kids are off to school - then the local evening and world news during dinner which irritates my husband and children as I say I'm trying to make sure they are aware of what is going on in their world. I'm irritating for that - huh - interesting.
April Rogers
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