March 29, 2000    
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Where do you get most of your information from?

from tv and radio and newspapers, in that order, most of the time . . .

mothmc, 35
Pensacola,
FL

The internet.
I can't stand newspapers (except the comics) and tv usually bores
me (except, of course, the simpsons). If it wasn't for yahoo news, I'd live in more of a bubble than I already do.

Amy, 23
Baton Rouge,
LA

I listen to National Public Radio on the way to and from work. And I watch the local news on TV.

Cindy, 41
Lowell
, MA

Mostly from the local NPR station. I subscribe to a number of listservs and they give me information about various things. In fact, I am more and more getting information from the web. Other people and group settings. Rarely anything useful from TV (other than entertainment type gossip).

Felicia, 34
Somerville,
MA

My senses. And sometimes they tell me pretty strange things.

Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames,
IA

National Public Radio and the internet.

Shayna, 28
Somerville,
MA

The Internet

Helena, 31
Sydney  AUSTRALIA

Nowhere. I'm deliberately ignorant of the things I can't control.

Alias Irrelevante

Television. I watch the news a lot, more than I ever have. I also get a majority of it from the newspaper (I work at my local paper, so I can't help but get updated information on a daily basis). Some of my   information also comes from the internet. I try to stay as informed as I can about what's going on in the country and the world.

Nicole
Elk Grove, CA

Internet and word of mouth.
I hate the radio, it has been leeched of any life and flexibility, and I had to choose between a cable modem and normal cable. I believe I made the right decision.

As far as newspapers: as a writer, of sorts, the level they dumb themselves down to makes me unable to read it. It is a language I do not speak, and my eyes slide across the page, frictionless, and I take nothing in

Anthony, 24
Baton Rouge,
LA

As a student at MIT, most of my information comes via email or the internet. I rarely get information via newspapers, TV, radio, phone or mail. All of my peers and professors are wonderful, up to date sources for information as well. At MIT everyone communicates through email because you always have time to write a quick note and send it, the message instantly arrives with the receiver, and the receiver can read it whenever she/he gets a chance to. All professors, students and TAs communicate this way. I recently went home for spring break and had to adjust to a live without being surrounded by computers and the latest technology. Hopefully in the future, every place will have the latest technology and everyone will know how to use it and get their information from it.

Meredith
Cambridge, MA

From 7-9am each day, I get it from NBC. After that, I get it from Internet sites like Yahoo and CNN.

Lindsay, 21
Harrisonburg,
VA

Most of my current information comes from newspapers and magazines. Information-in-depth (although I'm not as deep as it used to be) comes from a variety of library books. (The local bookmobile has an excellent inter-library loan membership.)  Unlike the rest of this core troupe, I get very little information on current events from the internet.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg,
PA

Current events? Time Magazine and TV.

Janet, 42
E. Brunswick,
NJ

I read anything and everything that I can get my hands on.

Nikki, 27
Kirkham ENGLAND

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