dc.contributor.author
Ohme, Jakob
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Bruin, Kiki de
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Haan, Yael de
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Kruikemeier, Sanne
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Meer, Toni G. L. A. van der
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Vliegenthart, Rens
dc.date.accessioned
2023-11-24T06:55:31Z
dc.date.available
2023-11-24T06:55:31Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/35792
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-35507
dc.description.abstract
Lower 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.
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dc.format.extent
12 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
news avoidance
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dc.subject
civic engagement
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dc.subject
media effects
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dc.subject
panel survey
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dc.subject.ddc
000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen::070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
dc.title
Avoiding the news to participate in society? The longitudinal relationship between news avoidance and civic engagement
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1515/commun-2021-0099
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Communications
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
4
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
551
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
562
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
48
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2021-0099
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Arbeitsstelle Digitalisierung und Partizipation
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
metadata only access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1613-4087
refubium.resourceType.provider
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