Avoiding the news to participate in society? The longitudinal relationship between news avoidance and civic engagement

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dc.contributor.authorOhme, Jakob
dc.contributor.authorde Bruin, Kiki
dc.contributor.authorde Haan, Yael
dc.contributor.authorKruikemeier, Sanne
dc.contributor.authorVan Der Meer, Toni G. L. A.
dc.contributor.authorVliegenthart, Rens
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T16:17:30Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T16:17:30Z
dc.date.collected2020-04/2020-07
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractLower levels of news use are generally understood to be associated with less political engagement among citizens. But while some people simply have a low preference for news, others avoid the news intentionally. So far little is known about the relationship between active news avoidance and civic engagement in society, a void this study has set out to fill. Based on a four-wave general population panel survey in the Netherlands, conducted between April and July 2020 (N = 1,084) during a crisis situation, this research-in-brief investigates the development of news avoidance and pro-social civic engagement over time. Results suggest that higher news topic avoidance results in higher levels of civic engagement. The study discusses different explanations for why less news can mean more engagement.en
dc.identifier.citationOhme, J., de Bruin, K., de Haan, Y., Kruikemeier, S., van der Meer, T. G. L. A., & Vliegenthart, R. (2022). Avoiding the news to participate in society? The longitudinal relationship between news avoidance and civic engagement. Communications, 48(4), 551–562. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2021-0099
dc.identifier.issn1613-4087
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/466
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectnews avoidance
dc.subjectcivic engagement
dc.subjectmedia effects
dc.subjectpanel survey
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.titleAvoiding the news to participate in society? The longitudinal relationship between news avoidance and civic engagement
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1515/commun-2021-0099
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleCommunications
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend12
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart1
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.urlhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/commun-2021-0099/html
dcterms.spatialNetherlandsen
local.researchgroupNachrichten, Kampagnen und die Rationalität öffentlicher Diskurse
local.researchtopicDemokratie – Partizipation – Öffentlichkeit
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