Negotiating news seeking and news avoidance during the COVID-19 pandemic: Expanding coping theory
Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism
Published online on August 25, 2025
Abstract
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In-depth interviews with 150 adults in South Korea in 2020 and 2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic reveal that people utilized problem-focused coping by increasing news consumption to stay informed in a significant threat. Emotional arousal also influenced ...
In-depth interviews with 150 adults in South Korea in 2020 and 2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic reveal that people utilized problem-focused coping by increasing news consumption to stay informed in a significant threat. Emotional arousal also influenced ...