As a millennial living in the 21st century, I access news largely through social media applications such as Facebook and Instagram with news programs constantly uploading stories to their profiles. However recently in class when asked when the last time I sat down and watched the nightly news I was unable to provide an answer. It’s a rarity that I sit down in front of the TV to watch a show, let alone the news so I challenged myself to do so. After making it through the ending of channel 9’s Millionaire Hot Seat, I tuned into their 6pm news program hosted by household name, Peter Hitchener. 25 minutes into my viewing with all the main stories now having been covered, I was expecting things to wrap up pretty shortly but was surprised to find out the program went for an hour instead of the 30 minutes that was the normality several years ago. Multiple news stories that would be covered in the second half of the program were then advertised before cutting to a commercial. I found it interesting that before the news program started, they only advertised the stories that would be covered in the first 20 to 30 minutes of the show. It wasn’t as though the stories in the second half weren’t as important or valuable to viewers. I definitely think sitting down to watch the news verses obtaining news via social media is a generational difference. Much like my parents wouldn’t even create social media accounts, let alone use them to keep updated on world news, I find it odd and tedious to have to sit down in front of the TV to hear about a story I could quickly read or watch on my phone no matter where I am.