News‑Induced Alienation Among Young Adults

National survey tables show U.S. adults aged 18–29 are less attached to local communities and report higher rates of anger, sadness and confusion from news than older groups; they also report greater difficulty determining what is true. These patterns suggest a distinct civic posture among young adults: high exposure to news topics like politics and entertainment coupled with lower local rootedness and higher epistemic vulnerability. — If sustained, this generational profile affects recruitment into civic institutions, susceptibility to misinformation, political mobilization tactics, and how newsrooms and educators should design media literacy interventions.