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This 3 page reaction paper focuses on an article entitled What Americans Know: 1989-2007. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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there has been drastic changes in terms of media since 1980, the publics knowledge about national and international affairs has not changed much ("What Americans Know: 1989-2007," 2007). The article
goes on to focus on the specifics of the survey. Some evidence even indicates that the public knows less now than they did a couple of decades ago. They report
that while in 1974 74% knew who Dan Quayle was, fewer in recent history-69%-- know who Dick Cheney is ("What Americans Know: 1989-2007," 2007). This is a rather startling
discovery as one might believe that with widespread coverage of news events today, people would be more knowledgeable. Yet, authors also note that in some cases, knowledge was quite high,
such as when the respondents were asked to identity Arnold Schwarzenegger ("What Americans Know: 1989-2007," 2007). An anonymous article entitled "What Americans Know: 1989-2007: PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF
CURRENT AFFAIRS LITTLE CHANGED BY NEWS AND INFORMATION REVOLUTIONS " and published on April 15, 2007 takes a look at a survey conducted that found that even with an explosion
in media, few people know much about politics. In the survey reported, authors explain that 1,502 ("What Americans Know: 1989-2007," 2007, p.2) adults were interviewed. The survey was conducted between
February 1st and February 13th in 2007 ("What Americans Know: 1989-2007," 2007). The survey was conducted and published by the Pew Research Center ("What Americans Know: 1989-2007," 2007). Three important
findings from this study were that men were more likely to follow politics than women and understand international affairs, that age mattered, and that both Republican and Democrats were equally
represented in the high knowledge group ("What Americans Know: 1989-2007," 2007). These are a few examples of the many different ideas discussed in the context of this important study. It
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