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"Some of these patterns are quite similar around the world. In general, consistent news avoidance tends to be more common among young people, women, and lower socioeconomic classes."

Read a longer excerpt from "Avoiding the News: Reluctant Audiences for Journalism" (by Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen) in this @niemanlab post:

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/11/so-who-are-the-consistent-news-avoiders/

#news #newsavoidance

So who <em>are</em> the consistent news avoiders?

"No single variable is more predictive of whether someone consistently avoids news than their level of interest in politics and civic affairs."

Nieman Lab
Dec 12, 2023 at 12:00pmWeb
Show threadAriaflameDec 12, 2023
@dw_innovation @niemanlab Well, some of it might have to do with the quality of journalism that there is, and also the helplessness that comes from knowing about terrible things you have no power to affect.