The age profile for viewers of television news is getting older, and it is proving difficult to recruit a fresh generation of audiences. Indeed, television broadcasters today are keenly aware of the disconnection between young people and this type of programme, and are concerned that this presents an economic problem and a threat to the long-term survival of television news.
However, for broadcasters with public service obligations, and for wider society, it may also pose a problem concerning the issue of citizenship. The argument is that for people to be ‘citizens’, i.e. to have an interest and active role in public affairs and to be able to contribute to debates about the direction of society (as well as global trends), they need news. There may be some truth in this, but perhaps people (and especially the younger generation) need a different kind of news.
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