As a class, most of our news comes from sources other than the typical newsprint and television media. I noticed more news being spread my word of mouth. We may be informed by the radio, something we read, or a television news cast, but we seem to generally talk about the news we hear with our peers and family. By doing this we develop our own opinions and understanding of the story.
The news we find on the internet tends to find us, instead of the other way around. I personally do not go looking for news stories unless it is to follow up on a previous story of interest. Most of the news we happen upon on the internet is from "pop-up" stories that appears across the tops, down the sides, and scattered throughout the various sundry of websites we visit during the day.
We all seem to be on the same opinion when it comes to stigmas about our generation and its ability to keep up on current events. Our generation does not want to completely avoid news; we just do not have the time to spend in front of a television or behind the headlines of a newspaper. With our constantly fast paced lives we only have time to catch up on current events when they interrupt music on the radio or when we happen to catch snippets of news on the internet or through breaking news updates. It is unfair for people to judge our generation's current events knowledge when most teenagers have our own definition of news.
