Word: contently
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...There's tons of great content out there, but it's being overridden by the delivery system that gives you facts and updates," said Blinkoff. These "aren't satisfying and are light on the good stuff for you; it's quantity instead of quality...
...disorder. The study's recommendation is, in essence, more of what's causing the problem in the first place: "quick delivery and quick-scan consumption," news that can be taken in at a glance. The new bite-size media model is to reduce the news fat, cut back on content, and create tasty treats that requires fewer mental calories to digest...
...news alert headline, followed by a short present-tense story, and finally padded with additional details and alternate formatting for different news platforms (the web, radio, TV, etc.). The AP also launched a mobile news service available on hand-held devices in May and increased its online interactive content to appeal to today's Facebook generation...
...sound like we're destined for a future of sound bites and mentally stunted newsreaders, but according to Blinkoff, we shouldn't despair. The study's findings indicate that young adults still desire in-depth content and news awareness, but must sift through more data to find it. By making changes in the technological delivery system of the news, media readers both young and old will ideally be able to receive content in more practical and effective ways...
...makes such an approach meaningful. For evidence, Core planners should look to their own most hugely successful Core course, the venerable Social Analysis 10, “Principles of Economics,” or to Historical Studies A-17, “Modern Political Ideologies,” in content a straightforward introduction to political philosophy. But why should economics and political philosophy be the only fields in which students may gain a basic grounding, and gain credit for it as such, without sacrificing an elective slot? In the social sciences, similar well-thought-out introductions to sociology, anthropology...