Teens and the Media: Television is Dead and Facebook is Irresistible
YORK, Pa., May 13, 2011 YORK, Pa. , May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The "media" is an undeniably powerful entity in our daily lives. It's even more invasive for teens and college students, a generation growing up with more forms of media choices than any other generation before them. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100929/DC73342LOGO ) StageofLife.com , a blogging resource for high school students, Baby Boomers, and every life stage in between, wanted to know how teens felt about the media, so they asked its teen and college visitors, "What form of media impacts your life the most, and why?" as part of its national monthly writing contest series for students. Over 5,190 students from all 50 U.S. states and 69 countries visited the teen writing contest page. From the scores of submitted blogs to StageofLife.com, four trends/ themes emerged about teens' attitudes towards the media: 1. Internet: Nearly a quarte...