John Wihbey is an assistant professor at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism. His forthcoming book is “The Social Fact: News and Knowledge in a Networked World.”
They are not subscribing to newspapers. They are not watching television news. They seem to be on social media apps pretty much constantly, without much regard for the “grown-up” world of politics and policy. Perhaps, they are just, well, news-less. Read more
