News, What News?

Story by Hunter Darling »

Most students at EHS get most of their news from social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, or Snapchat.

Kori Cadue, Sr., gets a lot of her news through social media, particularly Twitter, enabling her to see a wide variety of stories.

“I definitely keep up with the Kardashians,” Cadue said. “I get notifications from ABC news, CNN, the major news networks. But I also get a lot of stuff from Donald Trump’s Twitter.”

BreAwna Nuckollz believes that students purposefully surround themselves with stories that match their worldview, or specific interests.

“If it’s something your interested in, I feel like it is important to a certain extent,” Nuckollz said. “You shouldn’t be clueless, but you shouldn’t get into things you can’t change.”

Ashley Campbell, Soph., pays more attention to pop culture news when compared to other categories, and attributes that to her age.

“If I want more pop culture news I go to Snapchat,” Campbell said. “In our teenage years, we can’t do much, and we don’t know much about the adult world. We know more about pop culture, and what’s happening in our lives.”

Campbell also admits that she doesn’t keep up with the news, but values its importance.

“I’m too busy for the [news], and half the time it’s all bad stuff. Once in a while I will be looking through Twitter, and it show me what’s going on in the world.”

Abbie Shockley, Sr., also gets a majority of her news from social media.

“What I see is mostly on Facebook or Twitter. I’ll see stuff on social media about what’s going on around the world.”

Shockley doesn’t follow the news but understands and believes that students should have a moderate understanding of what is going on around them.

“It’s important to the world, just not myself personally,” Shockley said, “I feel like it’s important for students to briefly look at the news so they can get an understanding.”