Some millennials digging into news, contrary to stereotype
By CONNIE CASS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Don't believe everything you see tweeted, shared or posted about the millennial generation being uninformed.
A sizable group of these young adults - 4 of every 10 - actively seeks out the news, an analysis of their media habits finds.
Even the out-of-it others say they stumble on news while they're catching up with friends on Facebook, scanning their Twitter feeds or looking for entertainment online.
Like generations before them, the millennials are more nuanced and complicated than the stereotypes about them would have it.
"It's the first digital generation, so there's a tendency to lump them together and think this is how people who've grown up with this technology behave," said Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, which paid for the study. But, Rosenstiel said, "This generation is not a monolith."
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