"I feel bored like all the time, 'cause there is like nothing to do." Entertainment options may be increasing, but so is boredom. In the first installment of a week of coverage, the LA Times reports on their poll of 1,650 teens and young adults, members of the millennium generation, selected to be representative of US households. Multitasking and text messaging get their usual due, but on a different note -
When it comes to the content of their entertainment, those surveyed tended to be quite tolerant of violence, gross-out humor and swearing in movies. Yet a surprisingly high number of teenage boys (58%) and even more teenage girls (74%) said they were offended by material they felt disrespected women and girls.
The findings also challenge several myths about this generation that have attained the stature of conventional wisdom among some web pundits:
Myth: More young adults cast ballots for "American Idol" than vote in political elections.
Truth: Only
21% of poll respondents ages 18 to 24 said they had voted for an
"American Idol" contestant. But 53% said they had voted for a candidate
for public office.
Myth: It's the rare teen who doesn't have a MySpace account these days.
Truth: More than half of teens ages 12 to 17 don't use social networking sites.
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