Obviously the similarities that we all share in finding news is through Internet sources. Reading through everyone's' posts, it seemed to me like I'm enrolled in a class with super informed prodigy-geniuses. Everyone claims that the they stay informed via sources like bbc, msn, yahoo etc. but I wondered how many of us actually make a point to "stay informed" everyday, rather than just dinkin around on stumbleupon for a couple hours. I think I was the only one who said that I don't keep up with news via the Internet, and I think that's really surprising. If this is a good representation of our generation, we're the bomb dig. That is the connection with civic literacy, I think. Perhaps I don't possess the knowledge to "meaningfully participate in community/politics", it seems like all of you do! So way to go! Hedges and Carr would be pleasantly surprised! Maybe this high percentage of kids who possess civic literacy has something to do with the fact that we all go to a private university...
Anyways, I thought it was cool about how news gets spread via word of mouth, but I wondered if that is the whole truth. I've never heard anyone say
dude did you hear that the House passes a bill banning insider trading by members of Congress? Awesome! or
hey, let's talk about the recent birth control debate. I think of kids of our generation, once we read news sources, most often we keep what we've learned to ourselves (except maybe at the family dinner table). Your thoughts? Let's be real, I'm probably wrong.
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