Initial surge in news use around coronavirus in the UK has been followed by significant increase in news avoidance
<p>In this RISJ Factsheet we examine news avoidance during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. This is the third in a series of ten factsheets based on an ongoing online panel survey of a representative sample of the UK population, fielded from 7 May to 13 May 2020. We find that: (i) there has...
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| description | <p>In this RISJ Factsheet we examine news avoidance during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. This is the third in a series of ten factsheets based on an ongoing online panel survey of a representative sample of the UK population, fielded from 7 May to 13 May 2020. We find that: (i) there has been a significant increase in news avoidance, with 22% saying they often or always actively try to avoid the news (up from 15% in mid-April), (ii) women (26%) are more likely to avoid news than men (18%), compounding existing gender inequalities in news use, (iii) the vast majority of those who always or often avoid news (86%), say they are trying to avoid COVID-19 news at least some of the time, with most primarily worried about the effect it has on their mood (66%).</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:87bad42a-ded3-4624-9781-c59b8b8e2f1e2024-10-17T15:38:30ZInitial surge in news use around coronavirus in the UK has been followed by significant increase in news avoidanceReporthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_93fcuuid:87bad42a-ded3-4624-9781-c59b8b8e2f1eEnglishSymplectic ElementsReuters Institute for the Study of Journalism2020Kalogeropoulos, AFletcher, RNielsen, RK<p>In this RISJ Factsheet we examine news avoidance during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. This is the third in a series of ten factsheets based on an ongoing online panel survey of a representative sample of the UK population, fielded from 7 May to 13 May 2020. We find that: (i) there has been a significant increase in news avoidance, with 22% saying they often or always actively try to avoid the news (up from 15% in mid-April), (ii) women (26%) are more likely to avoid news than men (18%), compounding existing gender inequalities in news use, (iii) the vast majority of those who always or often avoid news (86%), say they are trying to avoid COVID-19 news at least some of the time, with most primarily worried about the effect it has on their mood (66%).</p> |
| spellingShingle | Kalogeropoulos, A Fletcher, R Nielsen, RK Initial surge in news use around coronavirus in the UK has been followed by significant increase in news avoidance |
| title | Initial surge in news use around coronavirus in the UK has been followed by significant increase in news avoidance |
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| title_short | Initial surge in news use around coronavirus in the UK has been followed by significant increase in news avoidance |
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