Conceptualizing News Avoidance: Towards a Shared Understanding of Different Causes and Potential Solutions
Conceptualizing News Avoidance: Towards a Shared Understanding of Different Causes and Potential Solutions
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DOI：
10.1080/1461670x.2019.1686410
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发表时间：
2019-11-09
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3
通讯作者：
Andersen, Kim
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作者：
Skovsgaard, Morten;Andersen, Kim
新闻回避被认为是新闻业和整个民主面临的一个日益严重的问题。随着新闻公司失去消费者，民主也失去了公民参与的知情基础。与此同时，由于缺乏对新闻回避现象的共识，对新闻回避的研究受到阻碍。在这项概念研究中，我们首先回顾并讨论现有的新闻回避概念和操作。其次，我们提出了一个模型，区分两种类型的新闻回避——有意的和无意的——取决于导致人们回避的根本原因。第三，我们认为不同的解决方案适用于两种类型的新闻回避。为了吸引有意回避新闻的人，必须改变新闻选择和新闻呈现方式。为了吸引无意的新闻回避者，媒体系统提供的机会结构必须更有利于无意的新闻曝光。
News avoidance is considered an increasing problem for the news industry and democracy at large. As news companies lose consumers, democracy loses the informed foundation for an engaged citizenry. Meanwhile, research on news avoidance is hampered by the lack of a common understanding of the phenomenon. In this conceptual study, we first review and discuss extant conceptualizations and operationalisations of news avoidance. Second, we present a model distinguishing two types of news avoidance-intentional and unintentional-depending on the underlying causes leading people to tune out. Third, we argue that different solutions apply to the two types of news avoidance. To engage intentional news avoiders, the news selection and news presentation must to be changed. To engage unintentional news avoiders, the opportunity structures provided in the media system must be more favourable towards inadvertent news exposure.