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Haunted by a sense that the news is relentlessly toxic, once-loyal readers and viewers have been gradually ebbing away, posing a persistent threat to the news business.

The troublesome trend is spelled out in research by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. For years, the Oxford-based think tank has been asking people around the world about their news-consumption habits. In its latest survey, 38 percent of U.S. respondents say they sometimes or often avoid news, including 41 percent of women and 34 percent of men.

At the same time, the proportion of people who are “extremely” or “very interested” in the news continued to sink. In the United States, this group was in the minority (49 percent) for the first time in the survey’s short history, down from 67 percent in 2015. The institute’s data also suggest a sharper percentage-point drop abroad (including 27 points in the United Kingdom).

Researchers say “news avoidance” could be a response to an age of hyper-information, when updates from the outside world flow not just from every TV set and printing press but also out of our own pockets via smartphones.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/do-you-avoid-the-news-you-re-in-growing-company/ar-AA1eD6K6

Or did media squander their credibility? We are the news now.


1,308 posted on 08/01/2023 8:21:31 AM PDT by Melian ( Reminder: Memes are made to make you think or laugh. Verify for yourself before reposting. )
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“Researchers say “news avoidance” could be a response to an age of hyper-information...”

Or hey...maybe it’s really because people are tired of the propaganda and lies?

...nah...couldn’t be that, could it?


1,376 posted on 08/01/2023 3:11:42 PM PDT by SheepWhisperer (Get involved with, or start a home fellowship group. It will be the final church. ACTS 2:42-47)
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