Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick (Ohio State) und Matthias Hastall, (Zeppelin Universität, Deutschland) haben im Journal of Communication einen Artikel veröffentlicht, in dem hervorgeht, dass “alte” Menschen es lieben, Storys über junge Menschen zu lesen, die dumme Sachen machen. Es macht Sie glücklicher “reifer” zu sein.

Bei der Studie wurden die Daten von 178 Deutschen Erwachsenen im Alter von 18 bis 30 sowie von 98 im Alter zwischen 55 und 60 ausgewertet. Ob die Studie wirklich so “standfest” ist, dass man alle “Alten” breit über einen Kamm, weiss ich nicht. Aber irgendwie klingt´s amüsant.

All the adults in the study were shown what they were led to believe was a test version of a new online news magazine. They were also given a limited time to look over either a negative and positive version of 10 pre-selected articles.

Each story was also paired with a photograph depicting someone of either the younger or the older age group.

The researchers found that older people were more likely to choose to read negative articles about those younger than themselves. They also tended to show less interest in articles about older people, whether negative or positive.

But younger people preferred to read positive articles about other young people.

Older people enjoy reading negative stories about young (via boingboing)