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Classes / Activities / Community participation / College plans / Tolerance and Knowledge of First Amendment / Student - Teacher - Principal - Adult differences / Freedom of speech / Freedom of press / First Amendment education /
Understanding of the Law / Trust in journalists / Sources of news

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A Profile of Student Attitudes

Sources of news:  

Students get their news from different places than teachers and principals do. While television is the most common place for students to get their news everyday (41 percent), radio is the most common source for everyday news for both teachers (72 percent) and principals (74 percent). Newspapers are nearly as common as the radio as a news source for principals-70 percent read a paper everyday. However, for teachers, local television news (63 percent watch everyday) is more frequently used than newspapers (55 percent read everyday).

While the majority (62 percent) of principals read a weekly news magazine, fewer teachers (47 percent) do. Students, not surprisingly, are less likely to read a weekly news magazine, as just 2 in 10 (20 percent) say they read one of the three weeklies. However, when we isolate students who participate in student newspapers or fare high on the Activity Participation Index, a third or more students read the weekly news magazines (33 percent of student newspaper participants and 35 percent of students high on the API).

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