Constructive Journalism: a response to users’ motivations for news avoidance
Constructive Journalism: a response to users’ motivations for news avoidance
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10.7764/cdi.46.1714
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2020-01-01
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Serrano-Puche, Javier
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作者：
Serrano-Puche, Javier
尽管目前的媒体格局允许在非常多样化的平台、来源和获取信息的方式之间进行选择，但仍有用户决定避开新闻。本文探讨了这种新闻回避背后的原因，并将其与所谓的建设性新闻主张联系起来。以西班牙为个案，通过对数字新闻报道的定性和定量分析--基于一项试点研究和对2,006名用户的调查--结果显示，西班牙50%的数字用户积极回避新闻，这种做法在女性、年轻用户和低收入人群中更为常见。其中的原因有两个主要因素。一方面，用户的情况，要么是因为对时事缺乏兴趣，要么是因为认为接触新闻流对他们的情绪有负面影响(这是避免他们的主要原因，37%的案例)。另一方面，媒体--无论是公司层面的媒体，还是提供信息的记者--被指责未能遵守这一职业的一些基本原则。具体地说，29%的用户不参考新闻是因为他们不信任自己的真实性。媒体可以通过选择一种更具建设性的方式来处理这些动机，基于旨在产生积极社会影响的新闻报道。
Even though the current media landscape allows to choose between very diverse platforms, sources and means to get information, there are users who decide to avoid the news. This article explores the reasons behind this news avoidance, relating it to the proposals of the so-called constructive journalism. Taking Spain as case study and through a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the Digital News Report -based on a pilot study and a survey to 2,006 users-, the results show that 50% of digital users in Spain actively avoid news, a practice more common among women, young users and low-income people. The reasons allude to two major factors. On the one hand, the users' situation, either due to lack of interest concerning current events or to the perception that exposure to the news flow has negative effects on their mood (the main reason to avoid them, 37% of the cases). On the other hand, the media -both at the corporate level and the journalists who produce the information- are accused of failing to comply with some basic principles of the profession. Specifically, 29% of users do not consult the news because they mistrust their veracity. The media could address these motivations by opting for a more constructive approach to journalism, based on a news coverage aimed at generating a positive social impact.