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Why do some people avoid news? Because they don’t trust us — or because they don’t think we add value to their lives?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1246" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/why-do-some-people-avoid-news-because-they-dont-trust-us-or-because-they-dont-think-we-add-value-to-their-lives/" target="_blank"><strong>Why do some people avoid news? Because they don’t trust us — or because they don’t think we add value to their lives? - Nieman Labs</strong></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>What if distrust is a smaller problem than the way news consumption leaves readers stressed, anxious, depressed, afraid, disempowered, and exhausted? </strong></p><p></p><p>The modern digitally connected human (<em>Homo smartphonicus</em>, identifiable by its trademark slumped shoulders and bleary eyes) has access to more news and information than any other human in history, whenever they want it, most of it free, all of it in their pocket.</p><p></p><p>But it’s not only <em>news</em> that they have more access to — it’s <em>everything</em>, from Clash of Clans to Keanu memes to old friends’ photos to Ariana Grande songs to TikTok. Those things, if administered correctly, serve as entertainment and tend to make their consumers happy. News, you may have noticed, isn’t that great at generating happiness these days. So lots of people are happy to stick to Keanu and avoid Trump/Iran/Putin/climate change/mass shootings/Brexit/racism entirely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1246, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/why-do-some-people-avoid-news-because-they-dont-trust-us-or-because-they-dont-think-we-add-value-to-their-lives/'][B]Why do some people avoid news? Because they don’t trust us — or because they don’t think we add value to their lives? - Nieman Labs[/B][/URL] [B] What if distrust is a smaller problem than the way news consumption leaves readers stressed, anxious, depressed, afraid, disempowered, and exhausted? [/B] The modern digitally connected human ([I]Homo smartphonicus[/I], identifiable by its trademark slumped shoulders and bleary eyes) has access to more news and information than any other human in history, whenever they want it, most of it free, all of it in their pocket. But it’s not only [I]news[/I] that they have more access to — it’s [I]everything[/I], from Clash of Clans to Keanu memes to old friends’ photos to Ariana Grande songs to TikTok. Those things, if administered correctly, serve as entertainment and tend to make their consumers happy. News, you may have noticed, isn’t that great at generating happiness these days. So lots of people are happy to stick to Keanu and avoid Trump/Iran/Putin/climate change/mass shootings/Brexit/racism entirely. [/QUOTE]
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