Avoiding the News: Reluctant Audiences for Journalism

by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Ruth Palmer, Benjamin Toff

A small but growing number of people in many countries consistently avoid the news. They feel they do not have time for it, believe it is not worth the effort, find it irrelevant or emotionally draining, or do not trust the media, among other reasons. Why and how do people circumvent news? Which groups are more and less reluctant to follow the news? In what ways is news avoidance a problem--for individuals, for the news industry, for society--and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023120518X
• ISBN13: 9780231205184
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"