The study explores the experience of news avoidance among two groups—those who
frequently consume news and those who do not. I focus the work of news avoidance, by …

How do journalists think news avoidance can be addressed? We analyze how US
journalists (N= 1,543) responded to two survey questions about consistent news avoidance …

In an era of information overload, understanding individuals' news consumption and
avoidance necessitates an examination of the specific contexts in which these practices …

Despite its recent turn towards audience studies, journalism and political communication
research rarely considers how meanings are made from news in the context of everyday life …

Aspects of our political world brought to the forefront in recent years include the impact of
declining media trust and a surge of populist politicians around the globe. Highlighting those …

This thesis examines how everyday social media users engage in curation practices to
influence what news and information they see on their social feeds. It finds that cultural …

Previous studies have identified a correlation between individuals' perception of news
quality and their intention to avoid political news. However, limited research exists that …

Digital media have fundamentally altered how knowledge is produced and distributed, often
being blamed for contemporary democratic problems. This short essay examines recent …

In the context of social media becoming users' primary access to information, such as news,
incidental news exposure under the influence of algorithmic recommendation and its …

Studies on news avoidance rely on a range of theories to explain why news avoidance takes
place and its potential consequences, and the debates on different ways of measuring news …