Researchers found that “millennials’ news and Internet habits fall into four distinct types:”
- The Unattached “go online primarily for entertainment activities such as playing games or streaming music and movies.”
- Explorers “are interested in news and are more active in pursuing it online.”
- The Distracted are unlikely to “actively seek out” news and information online, but they do “follow a variety of lifestyle and news-you-can-use topics that show direct relevance to their jobs, their families, or solving problems in their personal lives.”
- Activists “actively seek out news and information.”
Read the full piece at Nieman Journalism Lab
