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Recommendations: Creating a forum tab

In my opinion, an important aspect in the formation of the millennial website is the creation of a forum tab.

The forum tab would serve as the voice of millennials, their opinions, ideas, and thoughts. It shouldn’t be restricted to any particular subject, but rather it should be organized into specific sub categories where users can contribute their opinions and ideas. Inside these sub forums, it would be beneficial to include all the latest articles, research, and statistics, all of which can be commented on by the users of the site. For example, millennials and radio,millennials and tv,millennials and social networking, millennials currently working in the national media, The media’s relations ship with social networking, etc… Such topics can be raised as separate issues on different tabs on the forum page, where articles of relevance to the aforementioned topics can be posted, and commented on by the users. Millennials should also be encouraged to raise their own questions and find their own answers inside of these forums. These questions and opinions can possibly be taken to professionals in the media, who can answer them and reflect on the opinions of these millennial voices.

The forum can also be used as a means for polling of millennials. In doing so, the opinions and ideas of these millennial voices can be backed by numbers and statistics to be presented to media organizations. Such a tool can be quite useful in establishing a case for the necessity and the urgency of change in the relationship between millennials and the media. Forums can provide the ground for users to discuss what in their opinion can be identified as the most important subject in the relationship between the media and millennials. The website as the main voice of millennials, can then focus on those pressing issues, by finding articles, doing research, taking polls, and talking with media professionals.

In conclusion, there seems to be a disconnect between the media and the millennial generation. The media views this generation as somehow unimportant and powerless. This view can be detected by the way the media covers and talks about millennial generation, thus creating a divide and tension. The millennial website and more specifically the forum tab can provide a middle ground, a connection between the public and the decision makers. The website can be a voice representing the millennial generation to the media, but its also a way for the media to communicate and reestablish the importance of this demographic to it. In so doing, the millennial website can play a role in the continuation and strengthening of American democracy and freedom.