Dara Duncan
Reporter
“Its about knowing enough to
make a decision on whether to
support your government or not.”
This was the main theme of
David Mindich’s speech Monday
night and his book “Tuned Out:
Why Americans Under 40 Don’t
Follow the News.”
Mindich spoke to students about
the reasoning behind the Y gener
ation being so unaware of current
events and news around the world.
He took his knowledge and
research and composed a book
about why the current generation
does not follow the news nearly as
much as their predecessors.
Mindich spoke Monday about
the issues in his book and the rea
sons that caused Americans today
to be so “Tuned Out”.
“The Daily Show (with John
Stewart) holds people accountable
in a forceful way,” Mindich said.
Mindich’s main points during
the speech were that living in a
democracy, people today need to
be informed enough in the news to
make educated decisions. He
even promoted such things as the
Daily Show as sources of intelli
gent information. The need for a
better news source was also appar
ent through Mindich’s speech.
“News Media is our power and
gives us our only check,” Mindich
said.
Students were thoroughly
impressed with Mindich’s knowl
edge and delivery of the subject.
Many of the Elon’s communica
tions students had to attend
Mindich’s speech because his
book was this year’s common
reading.
“He was yery informative in his
views of why Young Americans
do not pay attention to the news,”
freshman Bernadette Bui said.
Mindich was very impressed
with Elon’s campus and students.
When asked about his motivation
for coming to Elon he responded
that he came because “It was great
to have a conversation about
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It is easier to write a book than have a conver
sation. I don’t want to just observe, but to be enga§®
in the 13 to 39 (age) group about news habits.
-David Mindich. joiirnalis^ ^ ^
Brittany Smith/ Photographer
David Mindich spoke Monday
night at Elon about the importance
of tuning into the daily news.
issues. It showed how engaged
students at Elon are.” He wished
that the engagement could have
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more people.
He also complimented Elon’s
study abroad program, reinforcing
that it is activities like studying
•abroad that help people have a bet
ter understanding and appreciation
of the news.
Overall Mindich’s speech
proved to be a beneficial experi
ence for all Elon students and fac
ulty who were in attendance.
He proved that Americans
today, especially students at Elon
need to take accountability for the
kind of knowledge that we take in.
II Lauren Brown said,
“I thought Mindich did an excel
lent job of expressing the urgency
of getting young Americans to
‘tune in.’ - ,35^
Mendich came to Elon
accomplished writer an P ^j,
sor. He has had articles m
pie Journals, New York mag
the Baltimore Sun, and t
Street Journal just to name
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the government. Citizens
ones who have to keep it
How can they do that if they
nothing about it?
Contact Dara Duncan at p
lum@elon.edu or 278-7247
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