Selecting, avoiding, disconnecting: a focus group study of people’s strategies for dealing with information abundance in the contexts of news, entertainment, and personal communication

Volk, Sophia C.; Schulz, Anne; Blassnig, Sina; Marschlich, Sarah; Nguyen, Minh Hao; Strauß, Nadine

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2024.2358167

Information, Communication & Society

2024

DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2024.2358167

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Selecting, avoiding, disconnecting: a focus group study of people’s strategies for dealing with information abundance in the contexts of news, entertainment, and personal communication

Sophia C. Volk,

Anne Schulz,

Sina Blassnig

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Relationship between news overload and news avoidance: A meta-analysis

Xu,

He,

Guo

et al. 2024

Journalism

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In the era of digital news, news overload and news avoidance represent novel crises confronting the field of journalism. However, most relevant studies are limited to case studies, and a clear understanding of the relationship between news overload and news avoidance has yet to be established. To address this gap, a meta-analysis of 17 papers (with 13,143 participants) was conducted. The results suggest that news avoidance is positively linked to news overload. Compared to developing countries (r = 0.282), the correlation between news overload and news avoidance is more significant in developed countries (r = 0.330). The correlation between news overload and news avoidance is more readily observable when using specific news topics (r = 0.425) and specified news platforms (r = 0.378) than general news topics (r = 0.236) and online/social media news platforms (r = 0.228). Behavioral measurement tools (r = 0.366) reveal a stronger correlation between news overload and news avoidance than psychological measurement tools (r = 0.194). The findings enhance the theoretical framework for crisis management in the news industry and offer valuable strategies for effectively addressing issues of news overload and news avoidance by audiences.

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Relationship between news overload and news avoidance: A meta-analysis

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Selecting, avoiding, disconnecting: a focus group study of people’s strategies for dealing with information abundance in the contexts of news, entertainment, and personal communication

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Relationship between news overload and news avoidance: A meta-analysis

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