Despite its increasing attention for audiences, journalism studies remains an inherently
production-focused discipline. Consequently, studying the perspective of audiences tends to …

This study uses an inductive, qualitative approach to examine the perspectives of lower-and
middle-class people in the United Kingdom who regularly access little or no professionally …

There are grounds to assume that the use of nonpolitical, entertainment-oriented Social
Media (SM) may dampen democratically relevant outcomes. However, research has largely …

News avoidance research has been hampered by confusion about how to define and
operationalize the concept. Here we intervene in two ongoing debates: first, what is the …

The role of recommendation systems in news consumption has been hotly contested. From
one perspective, the combination of personalized recommendations and practically limitless …

Intentional news avoidance describes an intermittent news use practice in which people
deliberately turn away from the news. Previous findings point out that the level of intentional …

Citizens these days feel inundated with news online and are worried about its veracity. This
study examines if these concerns in the digital news environment led to greater news …

While research on news avoidance has surged in the last couple of decades, we are still at a
scholarly shortage in terms of understanding and theorizing the relationship between social …

As social media are increasingly integrated into our lives, scholars have examined how
social media use can inform beliefs about politics and science. This study considers the …

We examine the work that US young adults undertake to design and maintain their personal
media worlds across digital platforms, and the consequences of those practices for news …