ARTICLE THAT DISCUSSES HOW ENTERTAINMENT NEWS IS "DUMBING DOWN" AMERICANS. HAS A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON YOUTH

• News vs. Entertainment: How Increasing Media Choice Widens Gaps in Political Knowledge and Turnout
• Markus Prior
• American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 49, No. 3 (Jul., 2005), pp. 577-592
• Published by: Midwest Political Science Association
• Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3647733

DISUCESSES ACTUAL EXPERIMENT OF ENTERTAINMENT CONSUMPTION. SHOWS THE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND HOW THAT AFFECTS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND IDENTITY.

Authors: McCutcheon L. E.¹; Lange R.²; Houran J.³

Source: British Journal of Psychology, Volume 93, Number 1, February 2002 , pp. 67-87(21)

Publisher: British Psychological Society

TV SHOWS: E! NEWS, ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, TMZ, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
MAGAZINES: US WEEKLY, PEOPLE, STAR, INTOUCH, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
WEBSITES: perezhilton.com, tmz.com, eonline.com

INTERVIEWS:
Jared Gardner (Professor of Popular Culture Studies-confirmed)
Leslie Bruce (former US Weekly employee- still waiting)
Ashley Dingus (Lantern staff/Perez- still waiting)

--- I will additionally ask other students/peers about their reasons for consuming entertainment news and the amount they consume. both males and females. hoping to get a sports/gossip perspective from males.

PLANNING ON DOING A 90 second VIDEO BROADCAST.