Additional reading

Bennett, Stephen Earl. 1996. “Know-nothings” revisited again. Political Behavior 18 (September): 219-33.

———. 1997. Why young Americans hate politics and what we should do about it. PS: Political Science & Politics 30 (March): 47-53.

———. 1998. Young Americans’ indifference to media coverage of public affairs. PS: Political Science & Politics 31 (September): 535-41.

Brokaw, Tom. 1998. The greatest generation. New York: Random House.

Converse, Philip E. 1964. The nature of belief systems in mass publics. In Ideology and Discontent, ed. David E. Apter. New York: The Free Press, 206-61.

———. 1975. Public opinion and voting behavior. In Handbook of Political Science, ed. Fred I Greenstein and Nelson W. Polsby, vol. 4. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 75-169.

Delli Carpini, Michael X., and Scott Keeter. 1996. What Americans know about politics and why it matters. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Fishkin, James S. 1991. Democracy and deliberation: New directions for democratic reform. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Hyman, Herbert H., and Paul B. Sheatsley. 1947. Some reasons why information campaigns fail. Public Opinion Quarterly 11 (Autumn): 412-423.

Patterson, Thomas E. 2002. The vanishing voter: Public involvement in an age of uncertainty. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Putnam, Robert D. 2000. Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Rahn, Wendy. 1998. Generations and American national identity: A data essay. A paper presented at Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy Conference. Washington, DC: Annenberg Public Policy Center. May 8-9.

Schier, Steven E. 2000. By invitation only: The rise of exclusive politics in the United States. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Times Mirror Center. 1990. The age of indifference: A study of young Americans and how they view the news. Washington, DC: Times Mirror Center for The People & The Press. June 28.

Zukin, Cliff. 1997. Generation X and the news: Road closed? Washington, DC: Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.