Rethinking news disengagement: Epistemic disconnection from news
Published online on March 24, 2026
Abstract
Media, Culture & Society, Ahead of Print.
This article argues that the term news avoidance is no longer an adequate description of all the circumstances in which young people disengage with journalism. In recent decades, a growing body of research has examined the reasons why people avoid and ...
This article argues that the term news avoidance is no longer an adequate description of all the circumstances in which young people disengage with journalism. In recent decades, a growing body of research has examined the reasons why people avoid and ...