The definition of news coverage varies
depending on who you are asking. According to a new survey conducted by Harris
Poll, some Americans think certain topics of news have been over exposed while
others are lacking.
MediaPost
reports that those polled felt that news had too much emphasis on
entertainment, professional spectator sports, politics and superficial and
sensational stories. In fact, about 76% stated celebrity gossip and scandals
took up too much coverage in news reports.
In
the same poll, people thought humanitarian issues, education, science,
government corruption, health, global humanitarian issues, etc. received too
little attention in the news.
Interesting
to note is that Harris found that the audience had similar degrees of agreement
to news coverage when looking at age generations. Meaning, people within the
same age generation had similar attitudes towards certain news coverage. An
example being that about 88% of older generations reported that celebrity
gossip had too much coverage, 79% of baby boomers were in agreement, followed
by 76% of Gen Xers, and 68% of millennials.
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