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Young adults have a reputation for being connected to one another and disconnected from the news. But a survey conducted in Chicago and other cities has found that mobile devices and social networking are keeping them more engaged with the broader world than previously thought.
They want news, they say, though they don't always aggressively seek it out — perhaps simply happening upon it on a friend's online feed. And they want it daily.
The survey of Americans ages 18 to 34, sometimes called the millennial generation, found that two-thirds of respondents said they consume news online regularly, often on a social networking site.
Of those, 40 percent do so several times a day, according to the poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the American Press Institute.
It's been a slowly building trend in news consumption that experts say is trickling up to older generations — and that young people say helps them stay current, even if they never read an actual newspaper or watch the evening news on TV.
The findings were to be presented Monday in Nashville at the annual convention of the Newspaper Association of America.
Among other things, the respondents said their consumption of news and information on various devices was most often sparked by an interest in civic issues, for social reasons, including discussing a topic with friends, or because they just find it enjoyable...
Overall, the survey found that the average young adult regularly uses three or more social media platforms, among them Twitter, YouTube and sometimes Tumblr and Reddit. The youngest adults often use four social networking sites.
The famous Berkeley Farms tagline, "Farms in Berkeley? Mooo!" has been amusing radio listeners for three decades. So what gives it such timeless character? It's voiced by much-loved Warner Brothers cartoon personality, actor, musician and native San Franciscan, Mel Blanc!
Though Mel passed away in 1988, his voice lives on — through TV, bringing to life such classic animated characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat; and on the radio, as the famous cow in Berkeley Farms commercials.