Don T Ask Anyone Under 30 Analysis

In chapter three called, “Don’t Ask Anyone Under 30”, Wattenberg talks generally about how much young people know about politics (57). He says how they don’t know much and the reason is because they don’t use television news and newspapers, this leads to consequences like the inability to aid society and he states that this is recent; Wattenberg also says that it’s related to the shift from information to entertainment for TV, but Mathew Baum, a source Wattenberg uses, says that entertainment-news shows can help young people with politics (58-62). Wattenberg explains that older people keep up with overseas politics more than younger people, which is also recent; Wattenberg uses a source named David Mindich which says that entertainment in media also led to this shift of knowledge and Wattenberg argues that young people are losing political information since they like entertainment (62-70). …show more content…
Wattenberg restates how young people care too much about entertainment and that there are consequences; he uses a source with two people named Michael Delli Carpini and Scott Keeter who say that knowing about politics is important (84-85). In chapter three, Wattenberg talks about how young people aren’t really at fault for their generation’s ignorance on politics (84). This perspective is an issue since they have a choice on whether to be influenced negatively by the media. He also says how they have the options there to learn about politics and it’s up to them to use it (71-72). Therefore, this perspective is flawed since it can be considered their fault because the tools are available and they just need to get out