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Initial surge in news use around coronavirus in UK has been followed by significant increase in news avoidance

@risj_oxford factsheet out, #3 from UK COVID-19 news and information project, supported by @NuffieldFound

Factsheet reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/initial-surge-…

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There has been a significant increase in news avoidance, with 22% saying they often or always actively try to avoid the news (up from 15% in mid-April), growing to 59% if those who say they sometimes actively avoid the news are included (up from 49% in mid-April).

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Women (26%) are more likely to avoid news than men (18%), compounding existing gender inequalities in news use, both probably at least in part due to unequally distributed caring responsibilities.

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Vast majority of those who always or often avoid news (86%) say they are trying to avoid COVID-19 news, and most (66%) said they are primarily worried about the effect it has on their mood. 28% say they avoid news because they feel there isn’t anything they can do with it

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More people say they are actively avoiding news that rely on intentional choice (television, news websites/apps) than say they actively avoid news they may come across incidentally while doing other things (on social media, or sent to them via email and messaging apps).

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Those respondents who say they know that ‘the news will find me’ without them having to intentionally seek it out are more likely to say that they often or always actively seek to avoid news about COVID-19 (such attitudes studied by e.g. @_HGZ_ @ruthiepalmer @BenjaminToff)

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Full factsheet here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/initial-surge-…

PDF version here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/…

More about the project here
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/UK-COVID-19-ne…

@_FelixSimon_ is working w/us on additional research.

Next factsheet June 2

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How do people around the world get informed about coronavirus and about responses to the pandemic?

Gave first of our #RISJwebinars today, summarizing some of our existing research, work by others, and seminars w/public health experts from @UniofOxford. Key points in thread 1/9
Some TV programs and many news websites have seen audiences grow, but internet use including social and search is up too so I'd suggest platforms continue to play a key role in distribution of information (and misinformation)

(Data from 2019 digitalnewsreport.org) 2/9
News accessed through these side-doors is generally less trusted than news accessed directly. Below data from 2019, we are launching new @risj_oxford research around #covid19 now - meanwhile, others' studies have found trust in news up in e.g. Denmark but not in e.g. Greece

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Top editorial positions in major news outlets matter. How many women occupy these roles? @simgandi @MeeraSelva1 and I looked at 200 outlets in ten different markets. Only 23% have a woman as their top editor #IWD #IWD2020

Factsheet here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/women-and-lead…
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23% of the top editors across the 200 major outlets in our sample are women, despite the fact that, on average, 40% of journalists in the ten markets are women.

Percentage of women in top editorial positions varies from market to market - 0% in Japan, 47% in South Africa 2/4
Comparing percentage of women working in journalism with percentage of women in top editorial positions, we find a strong and positive correlation.

Despite this, in 9 out of 10 markets there are considerably more women working as journalists than there are among top editors 3/4
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UK General Election now well under way–what did journalists learn from 2017 election and #Brexit referendum, and what has been done to address problems like lack of diversity, lack of reporters outside London, over-reliance on inside sources and polls? Thread with some reads 1/12
First, @risj_oxford data on public's view. BBC, ITV, and some newspapers broadly trusted, but just 40% say they trust news media (and only 10% news in social media), and in 2018 55% said they are concerned over stories spun to push a particular agenda digitalnewsreport.org/survey/2019/un… 2/12
One problem, @helenlewis writes, is that many “political journalists are stuck in the Commons and on Twitter"
newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20… 3/12
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