Avoiding the News - Reluctant Audiences for Journalism

This groundbreaking book explains why and how so many people consume little or no news despite unprecedented abundance and ease of access.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
1. Is Ignorance Bliss?
2. Who Are Consistent News Avoiders?
3. Why News Avoiders Say They Don't Use News
4. Identities: How Our Relationships to Communities Shape News Avoidance
5. Ideologies: How Beliefs About Politics Shape News Avoidance
6. Infrastructures: How Media Platforms and Pathways Shape News Avoidance
7. News for All the People?
Appendix A: Studying News Avoidance Using Interpretive Methods
Appendix B: Summary Tables Describing Study Participants
Appendix C: Interview Protocols for In-Depth Interviewing
Notes
Index

About the author

Benjamin Toff is assistant professor in the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.

Ruth Palmer is associate professor of communication and digital media at IE University in Madrid and Segovia, Spain.

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and professor of political communication at the University of Oxford.

Summary

This groundbreaking book explains why and how so many people consume little or no news despite unprecedented abundance and ease of access.

Product details

• Authors: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Nielsen Rasmus Kleis, Ruth Palmer, Palmer Ruth, Benjamin Toff, Benjamin Palmer Toff
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2023
• EAN: 9780231205191
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20519-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Reuters Institute Global Journalism Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism