I won’t receive a grade, but otherwise I’ll be a full participant in English 439. (The other students haven’t been told of my secret identity, and because so many studies show that the under-30 demographic never reads newspapers, they’ll surely remain in the dark all quarter long, even as the stories appear.)
Such folly — an adult going back to re-immerse herself in classic literature — isn’t new. —Julia Keller —English 439: Class in session (Chicago Tribune (registration))
Thanks for the link, Anne.
The under-30 crowd may not read newspapers, but they read blogs. They’ll find out pretty quickly.
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Those in the print industry are horrified at the changes they see, since online readers are likely to read blogs (that is, the writings and opinions of ordinary citizens, rather than professionals whose livelihood depends on a paying public).
A couple days ago, I blogged “Are Newspapers Doomed?” which refers in more detail to the demographics to which Keller alludes. I’m sure a little time with Google will turn up plenty.
I’d like to know where this idea that people under 30 don’t read newspapers came from. We read them, we just read the online edition, where our demographics aren’t tracked.