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In short: Generation Y’s collective personality, if such a thing exists, is not likely to be much different from other generations’. Still, small differences may matter, and there is some agreement in findings from psychologists on both sides of this debate. In his own research, Dr. Terracciano has found a slight decrease in trust over the generations and a slight increase in a something called “ascendancy,” or “competence” — a self-professed confidence in getting things done.
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The bad news is that [Putnam's] research on high school seniors indicates an upswing in civic engagement for upper-middle- class white youth but not across the board. Indeed, working- and lower-class white high school seniors are withdrawing from, or have never undertaken, any engagement
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...the legacy of the cold war fed an irrational response to crime, encouraged citizens to retreat from public life, & worked against the democratizing momentum of the rights revolution. Although the cold war wasn't the sole cause of the fear & anger at government, its ideological premises shaped the response to it. By the early 1960s, crime began to replace communism as a threat to indiv security.
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Rather than simply evaluating content based
on the features of the destination Web site, users put considerable trust in search engines. Brands were a ubiquitous element throughout our respondents’ information-gathering process, from initial info-seeking to arriving at the answer to the task at hand. on occasion users prefer to get in
touch with a person in order to find an answer to a question...
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The new Jacobins have two classic American traits that have grown much more pronounced in recent decades: blanket distrust of institutions and an astonishing—and unwarranted—confidence in the self. They are apocalyptic pessimists about public life and childlike optimists swaddled in self-esteem when it comes to their own powers.
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In spite of the increasing variety of ways to get the news, the proportion of young people getting no news on a typical day has increased substantially over the past decade. About a third of those younger than 25 (34%) say they get no news on a typical day, up from 25% in 1998.
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The public sees the members of Congress themselves, rather than a broken political system, as the problem with the institution. A majority says (52%) that the political system can work fine, it’s the members of Congress that are the problem; 38% say that most members of Congress have good intentions, but the political system is broken...only 31% have positive view of news media.
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Mr. Kidder noted a survey by the Opinion Research Corporation last February, as Mr. Blagojevich was sinking into the impeachment mire in Springfield, asking youths ages 12 to 17 about ethics.
Eighty percent believed they were prepared to make ethical decisions when they joined the work force. Of that group, nearly half said that lying to parents or guardians was O.K., and 61 percent said they had done so in the last year. More than a third of respondents thought that “you have to break the rules at school to succeed.”
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Our newest survey looking at perceptions of ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News finds Fox as the only one that more people say they trust than distrust. 49% say they trust it to 37% who do not. A generation ago Walter Cronkite was the most trusted man in the country because of his neutrality. Now people trust Fox the most precisely because of its lack of neutrality.
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While they last, the sites seem to enjoy smashing some sacred journalism traditions, quaint rituals like editing, striving for objectivity, and verifying rumors before publication.
Cody Brown, a 21-year-old film major who founded NYU Local about two years ago, follows the new-media creed that "transparency is the new objectivity." His take on hearsay: It's "way more responsible to publish those rumors," as long as you label them as such. Then you can check reader comments to "see what kicks up."
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In short: Generation Y’s collective personality, if such a thing exists, is not likely to be much different from other generations’. Still, small differences may matter, and there is some agreement in findings from psychologists on both sides of this debate. In his own research, Dr. Terracciano has found a slight decrease in trust over the generations and a slight increase in a something called “ascendancy,” or “competence” — a self-professed confidence in getting things done.
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