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I believe all of these issues do matter. As an information user, you obviously are attached to the idea of knowing and learning ideas. This comes from the love of story-telling. When you're little, most kids love to hear their parents tell them stories. As we gain independence, we want to read those stories ourselves. So, it's only natural for us to continue to want to hear and read more stories. Gain more information and learn more things.

Clear and vivid language is important to keep t he reader interested; the story moving; and the information/point clear. It also bring information to live to make it easy to remember.

Respect for history is something I think is somewhat more lucrative. I agree with the thought that history is important and should be. However, it has been shown through several polls and shocking YouTube videos how far removed Americans are from knowing what happened in the past. Yet, there seems to be an ever increasing need to be "informed". According to NBC, "More than 2,500 randomly selected Americans took ISI's basic 33 question test on civic literacy and 71% of them received an average score of 49% or an "F." Josiah Bunting, III, Chairman of ISI's National Civic Literacy Board says, "There is an epidemic of economic, political, and historical ignorance in our country." It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI's civic literacy test, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned. How can political leaders make informed decisions if they don't understand the American experience?" There is a YouTube video covering Americans who didn't know what the 4th of July was for. And yet another where Americans didn't know what Memorial Day was for. Yet another example would be I was in my hair salon the other day and listening to a stylist talk to a customer about history. She was going on about the war in Iraq and other wars from the past. And said to the customer that she had no idea what Pearl Harbor was. So as for this idea, I would say that history is important overall, but seems to not be crucial for information users.

In conclusion, all three aspects are important to information seekers. You need the love of a good story, clear language, and general understanding of history to really love and be a part of this information generation.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Study-Americans-Dont-Know-About-Much-About-History.html