One reason why this generation is not as informed than the last is that they are always on social media. “I don’t believe we are informed as we should be,’ Glenbard East sophomore Kelly Tautkus said. ‘ Our generation is all about texting, video games, how many likes we got on social media. It’s sad that more teens will know what the Kardashians are doing and have no idea what’s going in Syria or what the European immigration crisis is about.” This generation is more informed than the last because when they are social media they can get more informed on anything they want because social media doesn’t cover all the facts than the news, but it still gives you an idea on what it is. “We are a generation that is completely aware of everything that is going on,” Jones College Prep Junior Audrey James said.” That is why this generation is not as informed than the last generation. …show more content…
Another reason why this generation is not as informed as the last is that they are more engage in technology that anything else.
“Unlike sitting down and watching the evening news, Twitter and Facebook provide users with the ability to pick and choose what information they see and investigate more closely. While this is a powerful tool, it requires responsible use to actually serve it’s purpose.” This generation is more informed than the last because because when they are Facebook and Twitter, the can get informed as much as if they were watching the news or reading the newspapers. This is why this generation is not as informed than the
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The final reason this generation is more informed than the last is that they don’t watch the news like their parents. “We subconsciously filter out what we don’t want to be informed on,” Whitney Young Senior Alvarado Rivera said. “Such as people with a news app can choose what sort of news they want to see. People filter the information they are fed.” This generation is more informed than the last because if they are at school and hear anything about news, they can use their smart devices (phones, computers, tablet etc.) to search up what they heard. This is why our generation is not as informed as the last generation.
This is why this generation is not as informed as the last because kids these days are more on social media than anything else, they don’t watch the news unlike their parents did, and they are more engaged with technology than the last generation.