From Doom-Scrolling to News Avoidance: Limiting News as a Wellbeing Strategy During COVID Lockdown
From Doom-Scrolling to News Avoidance: Limiting News as a Wellbeing Strategy During COVID Lockdown
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DOI：
10.1080/1461670x.2021.2021105
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发表时间：
2022-01-06
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3
通讯作者：
Meese, James
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作者：
Mannell, Kate;Meese, James
随着澳大利亚实施了世界上最严格的 COVID-19 封锁，各国政府和心理健康组织发布了在整个大流行期间保持心理健康的建议。一项常见的建议是避免过度的新闻消费。本文报告了一项研究的结果，该研究探讨了人们进行新闻回避行为的原因、方式以及结果。我们采访了来自澳大利亚维多利亚州的 20 名参与者，该州经历了该国最持续的封锁措施。我们的数据显示，人们出于一系列与福祉相关的原因而限制新闻消费。回避行为是由家庭环境决定的，并且涉及在有限程度上保持知情的策略。这些发现有助于形成一个新的证据基础，表明部分新闻回避的好处。他们还重申了公共卫生建议的价值，建议在危机期间限制新闻。我们继续认为，长期危机期间普遍存在的新闻回避做法对新闻机构产生了重大的实际影响。
As Australia imposed some of the world's strictest COVID-19 lockdowns, governments and mental health organisations released advice for preserving mental wellbeing throughout the pandemic. One common suggestion was to avoid excessive news consumption. This article reports findings from a study that explored why, how, and with what outcomes people engaged in news avoidance practices. We conducted interviews with 20 participants from the Australian state of Victoria which experienced the country's most sustained lockdown measures. Our data shows that people restricted their news consumption for a range of wellbeing-related reasons. Avoidance practices were shaped by household contexts and involved strategies for remaining informed to a limited degree. These findings contribute to an emerging evidence base that points to the benefits of partial news avoidance. They also reiterate the value of public health advice that suggests limiting news during a crisis. We go on to argue that the prevalence of news avoidance practices during long-term crises raises significant practical implications for news organisations.