Overloaded By the News: Effects of News Exposure and Enjoyment on Reporting Information Overload

York, Chance

doi:10.1080/08824096.2013.836628

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“…However, the association with following the news on COVID-19 was independent of these other screen behaviors and was found for even relatively low levels of exposure (30mins-2 hours). Further, there have been wider discussions of the negative impact of news during the pandemic, including concerns about the proliferation of misinformation and sensationalised stories on social media 36 , and information overload, whereby the amount of information exceeds people’s ability to process 37 . It is notable that these associations were found for all measures of mental ill-health and wellbeing and even in lagged models that attempted to remove the effects of reverse causality, suggesting the strength of its relationship with mental health.…”

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Time-use and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a panel analysis of 55,204 adults followed across 11 weeks of lockdown in the UK

Steptoe

Mak

et al. 2020

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There is currently major concern about the impact of the global COVID 19 outbreak on mental health. But it remains unclear how individual behaviors could exacerbate or protect against adverse changes in mental health. This study aimed to examine the associations between specific activities (or time use) and mental health and wellbeing amongst people during the COVID 19 pandemic. Data were from the UCL COVID 19 Social Study; a panel study collecting data weekly during the COVID 19 pandemic. The analytical sample consisted of 55,204 adults living in the UK who were followed up for the strict 11 week lockdown period from 21st March to 31st May 2020. Data were analyzed using fixed effects and Arellano Bond models. We found that changes in time spent on a range of activities were associated with changes in mental health and wellbeing. After controlling for bidirectionality, behaviors involving outdoor activities including gardening and exercising predicted subsequent improvements in mental health and wellbeing, while increased time spent on following news about COVID 19 predicted declines in mental health and wellbeing. These results are relevant to the formulation of guidance for people obliged to spend extended periods in isolation during health emergencies, and may help the public to maintain wellbeing during future pandemics.

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Time-use and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a panel analysis of 55,204 adults followed across 11 weeks of lockdown in the UK

Steptoe

Mak

et al. 2020

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“…Consistent with prior studies (e.g., S. K. Lee, Kim, & Koh, 2016;Song et al, 2017), the current study finds that news overload results in avoidance of news consumption on social media. One plausible reason for this relationship is that the perception of information overload increases fatigue of news consumers (Misra & Stokols, 2012;York, 2013), and this fatigue makes them avoid news intentionally and unintentionally (Van den Bulck, 2006). The more overwhelmed people feel toward news on social media, the less effort they are willing to put into reading the news from social media.…”

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Does Too Much News on Social Media Discourage News Seeking? Mediating Role of News Efficacy Between Perceived News Overload and News Avoidance on Social Media

Park

2019

Social Media + Society

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Drawing upon Bandura’s self-efficacy theory, this study conceptualizes “social media news efficacy” and examines how news efficacy connects perceived news overload on social media to news avoidance and social filtering. Findings from a two-wave panel survey of South Korean adults show that news overload is significantly related to a decrease of news efficacy, which in turn increases news avoidance on social media. The analysis also finds that news efficacy mediates the positive link between perceived news overload and social filtering over time.

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“…Consumers now have to make decisions not only about what news to receive through which channel, but also how much news information they will receive, with whom they share, how often they need to search and sometimes, which news to avoid. The perception of information overload leads to a higher level of fatigue felt by news consumers [20], [39]. As consumers experience fatigue, they tend to avoid news materials both intentionally and unintentionally [36].…”

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Antecedents of News Consumers' Perceived Information Overload and News Consumption Pattern in the USA

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Kim²,

Koh³

2016

International Journal of Contents

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This exploratory study examines the critical factors associated with news consumers' perception of information overload and news consumption patterns. An online survey was conducted with Qualtrics panels (N = 1001). The demographics and three antecedent factors of perceived information overload were considered including the frequency of news access through multiple media platforms, level of attention to news, and interest in news. Three news consumption patterns were investigated as possible consequences of perceived information overload: news avoidance, selective exposure, and willingness to pay for news. The results of hierarchical regression analyses revealed a meaningful distinction between general and news information overload. Overall, news consumerswho paid more attention to news through newer media/platforms/devices perceived higher levels of information overload, were more willing to pay for the news, and often avoided news or selectively exposed themselves to certain sources of news to manage news information overload.

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Overloaded By the News: Effects of News Exposure and Enjoyment on Reporting Information Overload

Cited by 49 publications

References 20 publications

Time-use and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a panel analysis of 55,204 adults followed across 11 weeks of lockdown in the UK

Time-use and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a panel analysis of 55,204 adults followed across 11 weeks of lockdown in the UK

Does Too Much News on Social Media Discourage News Seeking? Mediating Role of News Efficacy Between Perceived News Overload and News Avoidance on Social Media

Antecedents of News Consumers' Perceived Information Overload and News Consumption Pattern in the USA

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