NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Channel One News, the preeminent news and content provider for teens, today announced it will dedicate its full news broadcast on Monday, December 14 to a special program entitled, "1969-2009," comparing the views of today's young people on important issues with those of their 1969 counterparts based on a CBS News documentary that was first broadcast forty years ago.
That unprecedented documentary, "CBS REPORTS: Generations Apart", explored generational conflicts based on an in-depth survey of 1300 young people across the country, along with on-campus interviews with University of Colorado college students and their parents. The survey addressed such hot topics of the day as money, race, religion and war - themes that show strong parallels to the nation's most pressing current issues and remain top concerns for today's millennial generation.
Channel One News recently conducted its own survey of 1300 young people to offer a comprehensive comparison of these distinct generations. Channel One also visited the University of Colorado at Boulder, posing questions to students exactly as CBS News had done on campus in 1969. At that time, the University of Colorado had been chosen for its diverse and nationally representative student body.
The special program, hosted by Channel One News anchor Justin Finch, uncovered notable distinctions and intriguing similarities among the two groups over the forty year span. Specifically, opinions surrounding war and patriotism, as well as relationships with parents showed the most significant differences, while attitudes about money proved equal over time.
Interestingly, with unemployment rates currently at 10% versus 3.5% in 1969, the two generations faced very different economic climates, yet 60% of young people then and now stated they would welcome less of an emphasis on money.
In 1969, sixty percent of young people agreed it was worth fighting a war to contain communism. Today, just 20% of respondents state support for fighting a war against Muslim extremists. Patriotism amid time of war shows a significant decline as well. In 1969, fifty-five percent of young people stated its importance, while today that figure drops to just 32 %.
The generational divide between these young people and their parents shows a notable shift towards more positive relations. In 1969, just over half of young respondents (57%) said they enjoyed their parents company. For today's millennial generation, that figure jumps to 64%.
Angela Hunter, SVP, Executive Producer of Channel One News, commented, "We are extremely proud of this program and look forward to sharing with our audience a fascinating contrast of the opinions and behaviors shaping two extremely influential generations of young people."
The program will be broadcast to Channel One's audience of more than six million students in middle schools and high schools nationwide. The program will also be available for viewing on Channel One Network's website at www.channelone.com and immediately available to educators through Channel One Connection, which offers valuable teaching resources and additional education programming.
Channel One News and CBS News commenced a partnership in the Fall of 2009 for the production of its daily 12-minute award-winning news program.
About Channel One:
Peabody and Webby Award-winning Channel One News, an Alloy Media + Marketing company , is the preeminent news and content provider reaching more than six million teens in middle schools and high schools across the country - nearly 25% of teenagers in the U.S. In recent months, Channel One News has covered fast-breaking world events from regions such as Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Myanmar, and Qatar. Through its partnership with CBS News Productions, Channel One draws on the vast resources of CBS News in creating its news broadcast, ensuring worldwide coverage wherever and whenever news breaks. Channel One News programming has been featured on leading networks and news programs, including CBS, CNN, NBC Nightly News and Today Show, ABC News, and Nightline. Visit the Webby Award-winning website www.ChannelOne.com to learn more.
About CBS News:
CBS News is dedicated to providing the best in journalism under standards it pioneered at the dawn of radio and television and continues to set in today's digital age. Headquartered in New York, CBS News includes bureaus across the globe and influential, critically acclaimed programs providing news-making features and interviews, investigative reports, analysis and breaking news 24 hours a day, seven days a week, utilizing a multi-platform model for news distribution across television (CBS Television Network), radio (CBS Radio Network), the Internet (CBSNews.com) and hand-held devices (CBS Mobile). CBS News' multiple-award-winning programs include its flagship daily news program THE CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC, #1 news magazine 60 MINUTES, fastest growing network morning program THE EARLY SHOW, top-rated true-crime magazine show 48 HOURS MYSTERY, news-making Washington public-affairs show FACE THE NATION and #1 Sunday morning program SUNDAY MORNING. Other CBS News originals range from CBS Radio's WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP, broadcasting's longest running program, to CBSNews.com's innovative new webcasts and blogs, available at www.cbsnews.com.
About CBS Productions:
CBS EYE too Productions and CBS News Productions are the Emmy Award winning companies within CBS News that create and distribute a diverse mix of original nonfiction and reality style programming for domestic and international markets, including network and cable television and home video, CBS Eye too Productions and CBS News Productions produce programs across a wide spectrum of genres, from history to lifestyle to entertainment. Margery Baker Riker is the Executive in Charge.