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03/30/2008: "Politically active youth seek political news on net"

It is not news that young politically minded viewers are turning to alternative sources like YouTube, Facebook and late-night comedy shows like "The Daily Show." But that is only the beginning of how they
process information.

According to interviews and recent surveys, younger voters tend to be not just consumers of news and current events but conduits as well -- sending out e-mailed links and videos to friends and their social
networks.

And in turn, they rely on friends and online connections for news to come to them. In essence, they are replacing the professional filter -- reading The Washington Post, clicking on CNN.com -- with a social one.

[ People are trying to escape the commercial nature of the mainstream media. ]


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/us/politics/27voters.html?_r=1&oref=slogin